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India, New Zealand begin FTA negotiations to strengthen trade ties

New Delhi, March 16 -- India and New Zealand on Sunday announced the launch of talks for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as part of efforts to deepen economic cooperation amid the threat of a global tari... Read More


Trade talks: US demands level playing field in e-commerce, India resists

New Delhi, March 13 -- American trade negotiators are pushing for a level playing field for US-based e-commerce companies such as Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart with Indian firms such as Reliance, ... Read More


Beauty startups get a boost as govt ropes in Estee Lauder to spur innovation and entrepreneurship

New Delhi, March 12 -- The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has signed a memorandum of understanding with The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., a US-headquartered cosmetics firm, to ... Read More


Taking cues from European standards, govt plans stricter helmet norms to cut road draths and injuries

New Delhi, March 11 -- Taking a leaf out of Europe, India will introduce new standards for helmets manufacturing to enhance safety, a move aimed at preventing road injuries and fatalities involving tw... Read More


Pesky calls: Watchdog holds off on new rules to avoid over-regulation

New Delhi, March 11 -- New Delhi: Guidelines to make unsolicited calls and spam SMSes illegal have been kept in abeyance for now by the country's top consumer watchdog. Reason: the regulator's belief ... Read More


India, US eye trade deal to boost market access, cut barriers: Govt tells Lok Sabha

New Delhi, March 11 -- India and the US plan to negotiate a mutually beneficial multi-sector Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) aimed at increasing market access, reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers,... Read More


New spam rules on hold as regulator sees improvement

New Delhi, March 11 -- Guidelines to make spam calls and SMSes illegal have been kept in abeyance for now by the country's top consumer watchdog. Reason: the regulator's belief that steps have already... Read More


New spam rules on hold as regulator sees improvement

New Delhi, March 11 -- Guidelines to make spam calls and SMSes illegal have been kept in abeyance for now by the country's top consumer watchdog. Reason: the regulator's belief that steps have already... Read More


India plans up to 15% safeguard duty on steel imports amid rising Chinese influx

New Delhi, March 10 -- Amid the ongoing trade war with the US, which has been ramping up and announcing tariffs against China, Canada, and Mexico, India's Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) ... Read More


India, US eye 'mini' trade deal before full pact, set aside sensitive issues like immigration policies, IPR

New Delhi, March 10 -- As India and the US huddle to finalise the contours of a wide-ranging bilateral trade agreement (BTA), the two sides now appear inclined to ink a preliminary trade agreement fir... Read More