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Dalal Street blows ‘Trump’et with 2000-point salute to trade deal

The feel-good rally that followed lifted sensex by nearly 4,200 points (5.2%) in early trades but soon profit booking at higher levels pulled it down a bit. After a steady session, sensex closed 2.5% up. On the NSE, Nifty too treaded a similar path and closed 639 points (2.6%) up at 25,728 points. According to […]

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India-US trade deal: Elated exporters eyeing discount cuts on orders

Most exporters spent early Tuesday with buyers discussing the way forward, especially with garment orders for the next season being finalised. “We are in talks with our buyers and they are very happy. The timing of the announcement has been very good as orders for the next season were being finalised. The future is looking

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Trade deal with EU may have spurred US announcement

There are strong reasons why India and the US should have strong trade ties. Each has comparative advantages and they have complementarities that explained the hope that the first trade deal under Trump 2.0 will be with India. But, things went haywire for reasons not related to trade: India’s refusal to engage Trump’s claims on

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‘A reset and fresh start’: India–China bilateral trade hits record $155 billion

Bilateral trade between India and China reached a record $155 billion in 2025, marking over 12% year-on-year growth. Chinese Ambassador Xu Feihong highlighted this achievement, alongside support for India’s BRICS presidency and a commitment to advancing the Global South’s development agenda.

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Agriculture, dairy shielded in India-US deal; trade pact in weeks

As a result, cereals, maize, soybean and genetically modified food may be kept out of the bilateral trade agreement, which has been in the works since last Feb. Goyal said that Modi had managed to secure a very good deal for India, which was better than what US had offered to some other competing countries.

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Interview | ‘We need funds. We welcome them and we will work to get them,’ says Sitharaman

A day after presenting her ninth Budget, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke at length on a range of topics with TOI’s Sidhartha and Surojit Gupta . While she is confident the domestic situation is under control, she feels her biggest challenge ‘will be external’

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India-US trade deal: D-Street gets Trump card, set for big gains

According to Siddhartha Sanyal, Chief Economist, Bandhan Bank, the news of reduction of US tariff on India is a major positive, especially soon after the trade deal with the EU. “The end of the stalemate and the direction of the development is more important in this case than the quantum of the change in tariff

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Trade deal done, says Trump; PM Modi thanks him for cutting tariff to 18%

While PM Narendra Modi, in a post on X, which followed US President Donald Trump’s announcement on Truth Social, said he had a wonderful conversation with “dear friend” Trump and thanked him on behalf of 1.4 billion people for the reduced tariff of 18% on Indian goods, he did not mention the trade deal at

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