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India minister says country hopes to clinch US trade deal by November

Posted on September 3, 2025 by Reuters

(Reuters) -India hopes to conclude a bilateral trade agreement with the United States by November, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said at an investor conference in Mumbai on Tuesday. Trade negotiations with the…

India’s economy unexpectedly picks up steam, but Trump’s tariff effect looms

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Reuters

By Manoj Kumar and Nikunj Ohri NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s economy unexpectedly gathered steam in the April-June quarter, defying expectations of slower growth even as a sharp rise in U.S. tariffs on…

Japan, India to deepen security, economic ties amid U.S. tariffs

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi agreed on Friday to deepen economic and security ties as New Delhi confronts new U.S. tariffs and Tokyo looks…

India pushes ahead with US trade talks despite tariff hike to 50%

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Reuters

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) -India hopes trade talks with the U.S. will continue even as the U.S. hiked tariffs on its exports to 50% due to New Delhi’s purchase of sanctioned Russian oil,…

Indian exporters weigh options to deal with US levy that’s ‘worse than Covid’

Posted on August 10, 2025August 11, 2025 by Satviki Sanjay, Bloomberg

Employees inspect and polish diamonds at a workshop in Surat, Gujarat, India. MUST CREDIT: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg Indian exporters who built their businesses on Americans’ demand for affordable goods are redrawing their strategies…

Instant View: Trump order imposes additional 25% tariff on goods from India

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Reuters

MUMBAI (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday imposing an additional 25% tariff on goods from India, saying the country directly or indirectly imported Russian oil. The additional…

Trump says he will ‘substantially’ raise tariffs on India over Russian oil purchases

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he willsubstantially raise tariffs on India over its purchases of Russian oil. “India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian Oil, they…

Trump Blasts India-Russia Ties: ‘Let Their Dead Economies Sink Together’

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Reuters

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said that the United States has done very little business with India, and that Russia and the U.S. do almost no business together. “I don’t care what India does with Russia”, he said in a Truth Social post…

Instant View: India reacts to Trump’s 25% tariff on exports to US

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Reuters

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday a 25% tariff on goods imported from India starting August 1 and an unspecified penalty for buying Russian weapons and oil. Trump’s decision dashes…

Trump says US to hit India with 25% tariff starting August 1

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Reuters

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Aftab Ahmed and Manoj Kumar WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed a 25% tariff on goods imported from India starting August 1, as well as…

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