'India has always taken independent position on trade issues,' Rajiv Kumar
Reducing barriers and adhering to intellectual-property norms would accelerate a push for greater global responsibilities.
His remarks assume significance as both the US and China are locked in a virtual trade war, slapping additional import duties against each other's products
Excess capacity is a recurrent phenomenon in the steel sector, and has always produced friction
The United States buys little Chinese steel and aluminum following earlier tariff hikes meant to offset what Washington says are improper subsidies to producers
The dust-up suggests that the trade dispute won't be resolved quickly, despite Trump's optimistic tweets and Xi's conciliatory address to a regional economic forum Tuesday
The ongoing trade war between the US and China has created uncertainty, which is good for gold, the safe haven asset
The focus this week will be on the forum, with President Xi Jinping and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde delivering speeches on Tuesday
The analysis doesn't mean officials will carry out a devaluation, which would require approval from top leaders
America depends on China because of a fundamental weakness in the structure of the US economy - a profound and worrisome lack of domestic saving
Rising trade tensions between the world's two largest economies follows a US finding that China was engaging in unfair trade practices in connection with intellectual property protections
China's threatened tariffs on US imports include soybeans, planes, cars, whiskey and chemicals
General Motors Co urged the US and China to engage in constructive dialogue over trade
Trump suggested in a tweet that he saw no reason to back down, since the United States was already on the losing end of trade with China
India is looking to sell 2.5 million to 3 million bales, each of 170 kg, to China in the next season beginning in October
Shares of Boeing tumbled about 6 per cent in premarket trading
China responds to US tariffs aimed at recouping IP losses, Beijing's aim is to bring Trump to negotiating table
This comes after Beijing slapped tariffs on a list of US imports in retaliation for similar duties levied by the White House
Extra tariffs will also be slapped on products such as whisky, cigars and tobacco, some types of beef, lubricants, and propane and other plastic products
The move is considered as retaliation to the United States for announcing 25 percent tariffs on some 1,300 Chinese products