US, China end first day of talks in Spain on trade, TikTok deadline
- 15-Sep-2025
US and Chinese officials concluded a first day of talks in Madrid on Sunday on their strained trade ties, a looming divestiture deadline for Chinese short-video app TikTok, amid Washington’s demands that its allies place tariffs on imports from China over its purchases of Russian oil. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters as he […]
Missed signals, lost deal: How India-US trade talks collapsed
- 06-Aug-2025
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: After five rounds of trade negotiations, Indian officials were so confident of securing a favourable deal with the United States that they even signalled to the media that tariffs could be capped at 15%. Indian officials expected U.S. President Donald Trump to announce the deal himself weeks before the August 1 deadline. The […]
Pakistan, Iran agree to take annual bilateral trade volume to $8 billion
- 03-Aug-2025
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran have agreed to taking the annual bilateral trade volume to $8 billion, as trade ministers agreed to boost economic cooperation and mutual trade. Pakistan’s Minister for Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan, and Iranian Minister for Industry, Mine and Trade, Mohammad Atabak, in a meeting in Islamabad reached to the agreement. The volume […]
FinMin Aurangzeb holds ‘positive’ trade talks in Washington
- 19-Jul-2025
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has termed the ongoing trade talks and discussions with the United States as positive. He expressed these views in a video statement after a constructive meeting with the US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer in Washington. The Finance Minister said the United States is the […]
Trump says Pakistan’s representatives coming to US next week for trade talks
- 31-May-2025
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that representatives from Pakistan are coming to the United States next week as the South Asian country seeks to make a deal on tariffs. Pakistan faces a potential 29% tariff on its exports to the United States due to a $3 billion trade surplus with the world’s […]
US, China hail ‘constructive’ Geneva trade talks, details due Monday
- 12-May-2025
The US and China ended high-stakes trade talks on a positive note on Sunday, with U.S. officials touting a “deal” to reduce the US trade deficit, while Chinese officials said the sides had reached “important consensus” and agreed to launch another new economic dialogue forum. Neither side released details after they wrapped up two days […]
IMF slashes global outlook as White House says trade talks pick up pace
- 23-Apr-2025
Worldwide economic output will slow in the months ahead as U.S. President Donald Trump’s steep tariffs on virtually all trading partners begin to bite, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, as global finance chiefs swarmed Washington seeking deals with Trump’s team to lower the levies. Indeed, the pace of negotiations was brisk, White House […]
Vietnam says it will start trade talks with United States
- 10-Apr-2025
HANOI: Vietnam and the United States agreed to start negotiations on a reciprocal trade agreement, Hanoi said on Thursday, hours after Washington delayed imposing an enormous tariff on the Southeast Asian manufacturing powerhouse. The United States was Vietnam’s biggest export market in the first three months of the year, but President Donald Trump hit it […]
US trade officials to visit India for trade talks amid tariff concerns
- 24-Mar-2025
A delegation of officials from the United States will visit India from March 25-29 for trade talks with Indian officials, a US embassy spokesperson said on Monday. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch will lead the group. “This visit reflects the United States’ continued commitment to advancing a productive and […]
Denouncing India tariffs, Trump agrees to trade talks
- 14-Feb-2025
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered to talk about easing tariffs, buying more U.S. oil, gas and combat aircraft, and potential concessions that don’t yet end a standoff on trade. The offer emerged from the two leaders’ White House talks, just hours after Trump railed against the […]