Michael Froman

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.

Direct contact between President Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi this month helped to end a deadlock that had prevented the World Trade Organization from implementing a $1 trillion package of reforms to global customs rules.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Manish Market and Lamington Road in Mumbai, and Chenoy Trade Center and Hong Kong Bazar in Hyderabad are the other four "notorious markets" identified by the US Trade Representatives in its report released yesterday.

On Friday, the US Chamber of Commerce called on Washington to ratchet up pressure on India over intellectual property rights, a move that could help prevent Indian companies from producing cheap generic versions of medicines still under patent protection.

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".

India is ready to begin talks with the United States on a bilateral investment treaty as part of its effort to reinvigorate ties with a valued trade partner, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said on Friday.

Froman said the United States appreciated the Indian government's decision this week to put on hold a policy that would have required private Indian companies to purchase domestically manufactured goods.

India’s External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Tuesday sought to reassure frustrated US business leaders that India is committed to economic reforms after recent government decisions.

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.

Direct contact between President Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi this month helped to end a deadlock that had prevented the World Trade Organization from implementing a $1 trillion package of reforms to global customs rules.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Manish Market and Lamington Road in Mumbai, and Chenoy Trade Center and Hong Kong Bazar in Hyderabad are the other four "notorious markets" identified by the US Trade Representatives in its report released yesterday.

On Friday, the US Chamber of Commerce called on Washington to ratchet up pressure on India over intellectual property rights, a move that could help prevent Indian companies from producing cheap generic versions of medicines still under patent protection.

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".

India is ready to begin talks with the United States on a bilateral investment treaty as part of its effort to reinvigorate ties with a valued trade partner, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said on Friday.

Froman said the United States appreciated the Indian government's decision this week to put on hold a policy that would have required private Indian companies to purchase domestically manufactured goods.

India’s External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Tuesday sought to reassure frustrated US business leaders that India is committed to economic reforms after recent government decisions.