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India-US Trade Policy Forum meeting expected soon, says Piyush Goyal
Asserts Indian exports not impacted by GSP, says India looking to have very contemporary and modern digital laws, while maintaining high levels of data privacy
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Asian countries in talks for settling trade in domestic currencies
Countries to accept trading partners' currency; move aimed at reducing dollar dependence
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USTR, Piyush Goyal discuss Covid-19 vaccine production and TRIPS waiver
Union Commerce and Industry Minister discussed the proposed waiver to provisions of WTO Agreement on TRIPS for Covid-19-specific items and raising vaccine production with Katherine Tai
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US trade representative yet to make recommendation on Covid-19 TRIPS waiver
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai has not yet made a recommendation to President Joe Biden on India and South Africa's proposal before the WTO to temporary waive some of the TRIPS during the Covid
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USTR extends some China tariff exclusions, but only through end-2020
The U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Tuesday it has extended China tariff exclusions for a wide range of goods rather than renewing the previous one-year extension.
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Trump's protectionism continues long history of US rejection of free trade
The fact is the US has never been a truly free trade country - one with virtually no barriers to trade with other nations - as some people seem to think
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