Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal stepped up India's trade diplomacy on the sidelines of the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Milwaukee, holding a fresh round of talks with counterparts from Canada, Saudi Arabia and South Korea as New Delhi pursued trade agreements and greater market access with major partners.
Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said his administration was considering a military base in Poland, predicted the Ukraine conflict would be resolved and described Brazil’s election as “very important”, as he addressed a wide range of foreign and domestic issues before leaving for Texas.
Milwaukee, Oct 2 (IANS) The United States is pursuing a "managed trade relationship" with China rather than expecting fundamental changes to Beijing's economic system, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said, as he detailed a new mechanism aimed at insulating some trade from future tensions between the world's two largest economies.
Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) A US Department of Energy employee has been arrested on charges of attempting to provide material support to the Houthis after allegedly travelling to Yemen and using his electrical engineering expertise to help the Iran-backed group improve its communications capabilities, the Justice Department said.
Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that he may ask European countries to release some of their diesel stocks as his administration looks for ways to ease pressure on fuel prices amid disruptions to global supplies.
Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) The US Justice Department sued the University of Delaware, challenging a policy that allows some immigrants without lawful status to qualify for lower in-state tuition while US citizens living outside Delaware generally pay higher non-resident rates.
Milwaukee, Oct 2 (IANS) US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer called for reform of the unconditional most-favoured-nation principle that underpins global trade, arguing that countries with vastly different trading relationships should not automatically receive identical treatment.
Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump warned that Iran would be hit “very hard” if Tehran is found to be behind the attack aboard a Flydubai passenger aircraft, while saying that information he was receiving suggested a possible Iranian link was being investigated.
Milwaukee, Oct 2 (IANS) President Donald Trump has "essentially remade" the global trading order in a year, using tariffs and reciprocal trade agreements to rebalance US trade and secure greater market access, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said.
Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a contract valued at up to $24.4 billion to accelerate production of Standard Missile-6 interceptors, as the Pentagon moves to expand manufacturing capacity for critical missiles and strengthen its weapons stockpiles.
