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Saturday, November 2, 2024
TopicTrade wars

Topic: Trade wars

World is warming up to China for trade. But India is left with just a handful of minilaterals

It seems China is able to impose itself as a critical business partner even at a time when countries have been grouping up against its increasing belligerence under Xi Jinping.

Why G7 summit is unlikely to bring about structural reforms despite host Macron’s push

3-day G7 summit is starting in France on 24 August. President Emmanuel Macron has also invited non-member countries, including India and Australia.

IMF cuts global growth forecast blaming trade wars & emerging markets stress

Risks to global growth have risen in the last three months and tilt to the downside, the IMF said on eve of its annual...

No coherent strategy in sight as guardians of global economy meet in Bali this week

Global finance chiefs meet for IMF & World Bank meetings without firepower of 2008 & with era of coordination looking like an anomaly.

Trade wars & cash crunch threaten to muzzle India’s animal spirits

Indicators compiled by Bloomberg suggest economic growth may moderate in coming months from 8 percent-plus pace in June quarter.

A Chinese actress is missing after ‘tax evasion’ & a new marathon world record

US may impose fresh tariffs on Chinese goods, and Trump's contribution to the new world order. 

Rupee plunges to all-time low of Rs 70.52 against dollar

Higher crude oil prices and dollar's strength against few overseas currencies has kept the rupee under pressure.

China may look to India for supplies amid trade war with US

India draws list of more than 40 export products to replace or capture the US trade market share with China.

Animal spirits keep India on track to become the world’s fastest growing economy, shows data

The economy is showing steady expansion, with the IMF forecasting growth of 7.3 per cent in the fiscal year through March 2019 and 7.5 per cent in the next.

Raghuram Rajan now raises warning against toxic mix on trade

The foreseer of the last global financial crisis says global growth has been strong in recent years but the concern is how long can it continue.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.