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TopicUS Trade Representative

Topic: US Trade Representative

US & China hail ‘constructive’ Geneva trade talks

Chinese officials say they reached an 'important consensus' & agreed to further the momentous talks. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent describes it as 'substantial progress'.

Trump wants to take US tariff to 1930s level: Former trade official who worked under him

As a former senior US trade official during the first Trump administration, I well understand the difficulty others have in trying to make sense of the developments over the past several weeks.

Mini trade deal ‘stuck’ as US now wants India to buy $6 billion of agriculture, dairy goods

The deal is ready to be signed, but US says if India wants trade benefits under GSP restored, it must give business equivalent to that amount.

India-US trade deal will be latest win for Robert Lighthizer, Trump’s go-to negotiator

Lighthizer, who served as Deputy USTR under the Reagan administration in the 1980s, is expected to finalise a trade deal between the US and India.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.