Washington, July 8 (IANS) India on Wednesday accused the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) of overlooking evidence and arguments submitted by New Delhi while recommending a proposed 12.5 per cent tariff on Indian imports under its Section 301 investigation into forced labour. In India’s presentation before a USTR public hearing, Dr. Brij Mohan of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said the report failed to adequately consider India’s earlier submissions and engagement during the investigation….
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New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) India has refuted claims made by the Trump administration under a US Section 301 trade investigation that there is excess production capacity in the Indian textile and steel sectors which is being used to export goods at low prices.Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Amitabh Kumar on Wednesday said that India does not have surplus manufacturing capacity in either industry, denying allegations being examined under the US Trade Representative’s (USTR) Section 301 …
Washington, May 8 (IANS) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that he urged US President Donald Trump to pursue dialogue with Iran and handed him a copy of a 2010 nuclear agreement brokered by Brazil and Turkey, as the two leaders concluded a closed-door White House meeting focused on trade, tariffs and global conflicts.Speaking later at the Brazilian Embassy in Washington on Thursday, Lula said he told Trump that “dialogue” was more effective than war and warned that military …
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday that the first tranche of the India-US bilateral trade agreement has almost been finalised, and a team of his ministry officials is in Washington for the discussions.”We have almost finalised the free trade agreement, the first tranche of the bilateral trade agreement with them,” the minister told journalists.”We are trying to work out what would be the mechanism by which India can get preferential market acc…