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Sunday, November 16, 2025
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.

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If there’s any group who has the right to rule over India, it’s Adivasis: Jaipal Singh Munda

On 24 August 1949, Jaipal Singh Munda, the driving force behind the Jharkhand movement, argued for political representation and self-governance for the tribal community in the Constituent Assembly.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.