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  India, US Meeting To Discuss Trade, Investments

  India and the US will review the progress achieved on the issues related to agriculture, trade, promotion of investment in manufacturing and IPR in a two-day meeting starting tomorrow.

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  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Discusses Bilateral Issues With Top US Officials

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley met top US officials in Washington and raised India's concerns over key bilateral issues, including totalisation agreement and the proposed Bilateral Investment Treaty.

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  US Warns China Against Dragging Out Technology Trade Deal

  China must move ahead with a global deal to eliminate duties on billions of dollars of technology products or risk upsetting other trade talks, US Trade Representative Michael Froman said on Thursday.

• What John Kerry, US Secretary of State, is Pushing in New Delhi

  US Secretary of State John Kerry has met with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley this morning; he also toured the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. His trip will focus on pressing India to drop its opposition to global trade reforms, which the US has described as a test of the country's commitment to economic liberalization.

• John Kerry Presses India on Global Trade Deal as Deadline Looms

  US Secretary of State John Kerry, who arrived in India on Wednesday for an official visit, has pressed New Delhi to drop its opposition to global trade reforms, saying it was a test of the country's commitment to advance economic liberalisation.

• As John Kerry Heads to India, US Hopes to End WTO Rift

  The United States hopes to reach an understanding with India to prevent the collapse of a key WTO deal, an official said on Wednesday as Secretary of State John Kerry headed to New Delhi.

• Bangladesh Should Take More Steps to Improve Safety of Workers: US

  Bangladesh needs to take more concrete steps to improve safety of its workers before US President Barack Obama could consider revoking its suspension from the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) trade benefits, a top US administration official has said.

• US Trade Representative Congratulates Nirmala Sitharaman

  US Trade Representative Mike Froman has congratulated Nirmala Sitharaman on her appointment as the new Indian Minister of State for Commerce and Industry and discussed bilateral trade ties.

• US justifies decision to aid Pakistan with $1.6 billion to fight terror

  US justified plans to release more than $1.6 billion in aid to Pakistan saying it was doing so partly to build Islamabad's counterinsurgency and counterterrorism capabilities "encouraged by an improvement in bilateral ties".

• Dow email controversy: US Deputy NSA defends himself

  The issue of emails between Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission and Mike Froman, the US Deputy National Security Advisor has just got a little more controversial.On Thursday, Mike Froman has reacted to the row saying , "With regard to recent reports about my private correspondence with Mr Ahluwalia, I want to make it ...

• In email to Montek, US seems to lobby for Dow

  India is working on getting Dow Chemicals to pay hundreds of crores for the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The US is lobbying hard for Dow, with a senior government official stating, in an email, that it hopes India's emphasis on Dow will not have "a chilling effect on the investment relationship" between the two countries.In 1999, Dow bought Union Carbide, w...