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S Korea, China, Japan agree to promote regional trade as Trump tariffs loom

The countries' three trade ministers agreed to 'closely cooperate for a comprehensive and high-level' talks on a South Korea-Japan-China FTA

Delhi HC rejects JSW Steel, Trafigura plea to clear some met coke imports

India from January imposed curbs on imports of low-ash metallurgical coke, or met coke, with country-specific quotas to help domestic suppliers

Trump may not honour auto tariff protections won by Canada, Mexico in 2018

Trump revived the 2019 Section 232 investigation findings to impose the 25 per cent tariffs that take effect on April 3, but White House officials made no mention of the 2018 USMCA side-letter promise

US likely to revoke authorisations to foreign partners of Venezuela's PDVSA

In recent years, former President Joe Biden's administration granted the authorisations to secure Venezuelan oil supplies to refineries from Spain to India as exceptions to the US sanction regime

India looks to offer US tariff cuts on farm imports, eyes trade success

Unlike China, Canada and the EU, India is actively seeking to appease the Trump administration and is open to cutting tariffs on over half of US imports worth $23 billion

Trump administration pauses financial contributions to WTO: Report

The Trump administration is retreating from global institutions it sees as at odds with his "America First" economic policies

Wall Street dives as fresh data ignites inflation concerns; Dow falls 1.19%

A Commerce Department report showed the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price index rose in line with expectations.

US consumer spending rises in Feb, likely driven by higher prices

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast consumer spending rising 0.5 per cent after a previously reported 0.2 per cent fall in January

Gold prices hit record high as trade war fears drive safe-haven demand

The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index increased 0.4 per cent in February, compared with analysts expectation of 0.3 per cent rise, similar to January's increase

UBS gets regulatory approval to fully own China securities joint venture

The approval wraps up a series of complicated transactions following UBS's merger with Credit Suisse, including the former's sale of a 36.01% stake in Credit Suisse Securities in China to BSAM

India's forex reserves rise for third week, hit over four-month high

Changes in foreign currency assets are caused by the central bank's intervention in the forex market as well as the appreciation or depreciation of foreign assets held in the reserves

India bond yield curve may steepen further on 10-yr supply spike: Analysts

India aims to gross borrow 8 trillion rupees ($93.63 billion) through the sale of bonds in the April-September period, lower than market expectations Rs 8.3 trillion- Rs 8.7 trillion

India's Apr-Feb fiscal deficit at 85.8% of full-year target, shows data

In the annual budget in February, India revised lower its fiscal deficit target for the current financial year to 4.8% of GDP and aimed to further narrow it to 4.4% in 2025-26

LVMH appoints Bulgari CEO Jean-Christophe Babin to lead watches business

The watches division, meanwhile, has been hit with slowing demand as inflation-strapped shoppers curtail high-end purchases, with the watches and jewellery division's sales down 2% last year

India pushes homegrown network to rival Visa, Mastercard in payments

Launched in 2016, the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) accounted for 83% of India's digital payments volume in 2024, up from 34% in 2019, and dominates the domestic retail payments sector

India seeks to ease tariffs, woo Trump with early trade deal talks

New Delhi has promised to step up energy purchases from the United States to $25 billion in the near future from $15 billion last year

Coal India, ONGC Videsh among firms seeking stake in SQM's lithium projects

KABIL has partnered with Coal India, Oil India, and ONGC Videsh to seek the 20 per cent stake in SQM's Mount Holland and Andover lithium projects in Western Australia

Foreign ownership of India's global bonds crosses Rs 3 trn before rate cut

Foreign inflows might see a further rise amid an aggressive rate cutting cycle on growth/trade headwinds and well-behaved inflation as well as a stable currency

Why does Trump want US to control Greenland? Location, resources and more

The US has expressed interest in expanding its existing military presence on the island, including placing radars there to monitor the waters between the island, Iceland and Britain

Musk says he will finish most of $1 trn federal cost cuts within weeks

DOGE estimates it has saved US taxpayers $115 billion as of March 24 through actions including workforce reductions, asset sales and contract cancellations