In this file photo taken on 9 November 2017, US president Donald Trump (L) shakes hand with China`s Xi Jinping in Beijing. Photo: AFPChina's Xi Jinping landed in Osaka Thursday ahead of what promises to be a stormy G20 meeting over trade, as US president Donald Trump...
Expectation of a large 2018-19 cotton crop kept purchasers retracted from the spot market leading to a dip in prices during the first fortnight of June 2019. After dropping 2.58 per cent in May, between May 31 and June 14, the CEPEA/ESALQ cotton Index, with payment in...
India will try to independently cultivate export competitiveness without depending on the US generalised system of preferences (GSP) scheme, according to commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, who said India graciously accepts that development assistance offered by nations till now has ceased. He addressed media on June...
China has raised the rate of additional tariffs imposed on some of the imported US products from June 1, according to a statement from the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council. China increased the rate of additional tariffs on some of the about 60 billion US...
Washington’s escalating trade war with Beijing has not “made America great again” and has instead damaged the American economy, China said Sunday, warning that while it wants resolution through talks there will be no compromise on core principles. Beijing’s broadside is the latest act in a bruising...
Washington is reportedly not rolling back its decision to terminate India's designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the generalised system of preferences (GSP) scheme, terming the suspension a ‘done deal’. President Donald Trump on March 4 announced US intention for the same. The 60-day notice period...
বাণিজ্য ক্ষেত্রে এত দিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র থেকে ভারত একটি বিশেষ সুবিধা
(জেনারালাইজড সিস্টেম অব প্রেফারেন্স বা জিএসপি) পেত। এবার সে সুবিধা বন্ধ
করে দিচ্ছে ট্রাম্প প্রশাসন। যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের পক্ষ থেকে গতকাল বৃহস্পতিবার
জানিয়ে দেওয়া হয়েছে, ‘সিদ্ধান্ত পাকা।’
মোদি সরকারের সঙ্গে মার্কিন প্রশাসনের সুসম্পর্কের কথা সবার জানা।...
The US Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) and Leather Industries of America (LIA) have joined forces to urge the Trump administration not to move forward with proposed tariffs on imported handbags from the European Union. In April the US government included leather handbags on a list...
The Trump administration again refrained from labelling China a currency manipulator on Tuesday, a decision that leaves one of the president’s campaign promises unfulfilled but avoids further escalation in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The Treasury Department issued its semi-annual foreign-exchange report to...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) recently sent letters to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed and its main garment trade association expressing concern over criminal charges against labour leaders, mass firing of workers and the future of worker safety. The letter urged Dhaka to withdraw...