Tag: Trade Negotiations
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New Delhi says the first tranche of its trade agreement with Washington is finalised and in legal drafting, but will not switch it on until the US settles its Section 301 tariffs and India is satisfied it holds an edge over competing suppliers. NEW DELHI and WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2026 – India will not operationalise…
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India’s foreign minister wants the European Union trade agreement in force by early 2027, the European ambassador says 2027, and the commerce minister says signature in December with implementation in the first half. Importers need the date, not the ambition NEW DELHI, October 15, 2026: Three senior officials have now given three overlapping but non…
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New Delhi says the first tranche of a bilateral trade agreement with Washington is closed and in legal drafting, locking in an 18 percent reciprocal rate while dairy, agriculture and enforcement language stay unresolved NEW DELHI, Oct. 17, 2026. India has finalised the first phase of a bilateral trade agreement with the United States and…
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The president told a Tennessee rally that an agreement with Mexico is close, but metals and auto tariffs, a rolling USMCA review and a narrowing pre-election calendar still stand between the pledge and a signed text. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 11, 2026 – President Trump told supporters at a rally here on Saturday that a trade…
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Bloomberg Economics puts the dividend from India’s trade agreement programme at $140 billion to $170 billion by 2035. The arithmetic turns less on signing ceremonies than on staging schedules, origin rules and whether Indian exporters ever use the preferences their government has won. NEW DELHI, October 14, 2026: India’s free trade agreement programme, the most…
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Britain sends three Cabinet ministers, seven mayors and roughly 200 organisations to India as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement passes its hundredth day, turning a signed schedule of tariff cuts into a test of whether exporters can actually claim them MUMBAI, October 14, 2026: A United Kingdom trade delegation signed a growth partnership with…
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The European Commission signals a December package of new trade instruments aimed at dependency rather than dumping, as EU leaders open their summit with China at the top of the agenda and the bloc’s deficit running at a billion euros a day BRUSSELS, October 13, 2026 – The European Commission will set out a package…
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Brussels and Beijing settle on a 350,000-unit annual ceiling for Chinese hybrid cars, the bloc’s first hard quantitative limit on a Chinese manufactured good in a generation, and importers now have roughly eight weeks to rebuild their landed-cost models BRUSSELS, October 13, 2026 – The European Union and China have agreed to cap Chinese hybrid…
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Duty-free access to the EU for roughly 3,500 tariff lines took effect on 10 October, a two-year lifeline built in response to Russian trade restrictions on a small landlocked economy BRUSSELS, 12 October 2026 – European Union import duties on the overwhelming majority of Armenian goods fell to zero on 10 October, the day Regulation…
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Brussels and Beijing reach an understanding that would halve Chinese hybrid exports to Europe, easing a safeguard threat days before an EU leaders’ summit BEIJING, 12 October 2026 – The European Union and China have reached an understanding that would cut Chinese hybrid vehicle exports to the bloc by roughly half, defusing for now the…