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US Senate confirms Katherine Tai as Biden's chief trade negotiator
The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) unanimously approved the nomination of Katherine Tai as President Joe Biden's chief trade negotiator.
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Myanmar coup to dampen US trade, impact footwear companies, experts warn
Total trade in goods between Myanmar and the United States amounted to nearly $1.3 billion in the first 11 months of 2020,
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Inclusion in USTR report on notorious mkts list is ill-informed: Snapdeal
Snapdeal, along with four Indian shopping complexes, two of them in New Delhi alone, have figured in the latest 2020 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy
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US trade deficit jumps to $68.1 billion in November amid surge in imports
The US trade deficit jumped to USD 68.1 billion in November as a surge in imports overwhelmed a smaller increase in exports
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US slams India, Italy on digital taxes, could impose retaliatory tariffs
Digital services taxes adopted by India, Italy and Turkey discriminate against US companies and are inconsistent with international tax principles, the US Trade Representative's office has said
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The World Trade Organisation is having a midlife crisis
Fixing the global trading system means first coming to grips with why it is broken
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Biden nominates Katherine Tai as top trade rep, says China key priority
Tai currently serves as the chief lawyer on trade on the House Ways and Means Committee, and prior to that she served in the USTR's Office of the General Counsel
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US trade deficit hits 14-year high, rises to $67.1 billion in August
The US trade deficit rose in August to the highest level in 14 years
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US remains India's top trading partner for 2nd consecutive year in 2019-20
The bilateral trade between India and China has dipped to $81.87 billion in 2019-20 from $87.08 billion in 2018-19
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US trade officials okay partial tariff exemptions on Apple amid reprieve
The move by US officials could make it easier for both Apple and small makers of gaming computers to assemble devices in the United States by lowering the costs of importing parts
Car makers to whiskey blenders: Winners & losers of US-China trade war
The trade tensions brewing between the world's two largest economies hit global markets, with shares of industrial companies with exposure to Chinese markets, such as Boeing Co and Deere & Co, among t
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US locks in duties on certain Indian steel pipes
It is a response to a complaint by various companies
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