Rupee to hit 99, fiscal deficit at 5%: Rahul Bajoria sees deeper pain ahead for IndiaIndia's economy faces ongoing challenges. Inflation is embedded, impacting prices and financing. The fiscal deficit is projected to widen. ...
27 May, 2026, 04.58 PM IST
India’s 'China-plus-one' push needs tax ease and fast-track FTAs with developed nations: Arvind VirmaniIndia must reform its tax system and streamline clearances to attract global investments moving away from China. Economist Arvind Virmani e...
17 May, 2026, 03.45 PM IST
RBI likely to hold rates in June amid two conflicting objectives, says HSBC Chief India EconomistThe Reserve Bank of India faces a tough choice in June. Economists predict no interest rate changes as the economy deals with rising energy...
07 May, 2026, 02.36 PM IST
Congress takes dig at PM Modi’s ‘huglomacy’ after Trump revives ‘Russian oil’ claimThe Congress party criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi after US President Donald Trump claimed India is significantly reducing Russian ...
26 Oct, 2025, 04.41 PM IST
'Bachke re rehna re baba': Congress claims PM Modi not going for ASEAN summit to avoid meeting TrumpPrime Minister Narendra Modi will skip the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, opting instead to send External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in his p...
23 Oct, 2025, 10.04 AM IST
Southeast Asia eyes hands-off AI rules, defying EU ambitionsSoutheast Asian countries are taking a more business-friendly approach to regulating artificial intelligence (AI) compared to the European ...
11 Oct, 2023, 03.34 PM IST
Asean, India likely to revaluate duty cuts, non-tariff measuresIndia has asked for a review of the agreement to eliminate barriers and misuse of the trade pact. Concerns have also been raised about rout...
24 Aug, 2023, 12.27 AM IST
China, US officials to attend Southeast Asia defense meetingAt a previous defense forum attended by both US and Chinese ministers in June in Singapore, Austin delivered a speech saying China's "stead...
20 Nov, 2022, 12.08 PM IST
ASEAN ministers hold talks on festering Myanmar crisisThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has said it is "gravely concerned" over escalating human rights abuses there, but its ef...
27 Oct, 2022, 10.49 AM IST
India can seek duty cuts from China on 200 itemsExports have been hit as China has given deeper duty cuts to India's competitors.
30 Oct, 2018, 08.49 AM IST
Cracks appear in Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership over tariffThe differences of opinion were so much that the 10-country Asean submitted a paper on single tariff in the recent talks last week in New Z...
22 Jun, 2016, 07.04 AM IST
Australia-China free trade pact forces India to open market under RCEP agreementAustralia signed the FTA with China on the sidelines of G-20 after nearly 10 years of negotiation eliminating tariffs on 93 per cent produc...
20 Nov, 2014, 02.43 AM IST
- Exports to Asean countries to get a fillip by 2016
India's exports to the Asean countries would get a filip with zero duty regime expected to come into force by January 1, 2016, an expert sa...
07 Nov, 2012, 10.43 PM IST
- Brunei wants India to cut oil duties
Brunei Darussalam, part of the 10-member Asean group, has demanded that India should cut import duties on oil and natural gas as part of th...
25 Sep, 2007, 03.55 AM IST
- Asean FTA may be a no-show
The much-hyped proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Asean seems to be running into trouble.
12 Sep, 2007, 03.32 AM IST
- Palm oil duty slipping on FTA
The reason behind the sharp decline in import duties on edible oil in the last few months may go beyond the government’s attempt towards co...
18 Apr, 2007, 02.37 AM IST
- Nafta, EU watch out! Asia biz zone picks up pace
Backed by Japan, China, India and ASEAN, a new free-trade zone could emerge within the next ten years.
24 Aug, 2006, 04.49 PM IST