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Friday, January 9, 2026
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.

On Camera

SIR notice to Amartya Sen reveals how burdensome India’s overseas vote really is

In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, there were 1,19,374 registered overseas electors on the rolls. However, only 2,958 actually voted. Kerala alone accounted for 2,670 of those votes.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.