New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Commerce Minister Anand Sharma Sunday said if developed countries resorted to protectionist measures, it could lead to prolonging the economic slowdown. "If countries go in for protectionist measures, ...

New Delhi, Nov.8 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma addressed a session on "Reinforcing Economic Imperatives: India's Global Engagements" at the 25th India Economic Summit jointly organized by the Confederation of ...

By Dipankar De Sarkar Geneva, Sep 30 (IANS) Global trade, projected to fall by a full 10 percent this year, could be dealt an even bigger blow if members of the World Trade ...

By Naveen Kapoor Pittsburgh, Sep 26 (ANI): Making a case for the developing countries at the G-20 summit here, Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh made a strong pitch for defending the ...

Pittsburgh, Sep 25 (ANI): Making a case for the developing countries at the G-20 summit here, Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh made a strong pitch for defending the stimulus measures, ...

Bangkok, Aug 10 (DPA) The world economic crisis is expected to shift more economic power to Asia, where signs of recovery are showing sooner than elsewhere, the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) chief ...

Geneva, July 13 (DPA) World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief Pascal Lamy Monday warned his agency's member-states that they should avoid "excessive optimism" for an economic recovery. "Although financial markets are showing signs of ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) The outreach meeting of the G8, the grouping of the world's most wealthy and industrialized countries, with the world's emerging economies G5, Thursday outlined ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Trade protectionist policies of some countries, especially in the times of global economic crisis, have been given a thumbs down by the joint declaration of ...

By Naveen Kapoor L' Aquila (Italy), July 9 (ANI): The developing countries are bearing a major brunt of the global financial crisis they did not create, the Group of Five main emerging ...

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Indian exports could continue to remain subdued this year amid a dismal outlook for the trade sector and world trade volume output set to decline by 11 ...

New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Protectionist measures by the developed economies will have an adverse impact on the downturn, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said, even as he reaffirmed India's ...

London, June 24 (IANS) The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Wednesday said India was on course to achieving a 7.2 percent growth rate next year but said it was concerned ...

Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran wants the sector to develop the "Made in India" brand and diversify into markets beyond the US and the European Union. "The US ...

By Arun Kumar Washington, June 19 (IANS) India has cautioned nations toying with protectionist measures in the wake of the global economic crisis that such a move would not only be counterproductive, but ...

Bangalore, June 9 (IANS) Battered by global meltdown and lower tech spending, the Indian IT industry is looking up to the new government for extension of fiscal benefits and relief from multiplicity ...

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) India's business process outsourcing (BPO) industry will double its revenues in less than two years despite the economic slowdown and protectionist measures of western countries, a report ...

By Dipankar De Sarkar London, April 3 (IANS) Curry chefs meeting with British ministers and financiers at a parallel 'summit' issued a message to that other summit taking place Thursday: roll back ...

London, April 3 (EFE) Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hailed as historic the accord that emerged here Thursday from the G20 economic summit. The importance of the gathering lay in ...

By Arvind Padmanabhan London, April 2 (IANS) Satisfied with the outcome of the G20 summit here and content that the final declaration reflected the issues raised by India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ...

New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon has said India and China are attempting to find a solution to the vexed boundary dispute "While we attempt to resolve our differences ...

Geneva, Mar 19 (ANI): The issue of a ban imposed by India on Chinese toys has been taken to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by China. China used a meeting of the ...

Toronto, March 18 (IANS) In his first major speech after leaving office two months ago, former US president George Bush Tuesday defended his eight-year record and warned his successor Barack Obama ...

Washington, Mar. 3 (ANI): The US Trade Representative has claimed that a number of G-20 countries including India have adopted protectionist measures despite having committed to not raising trade barriers especially ...

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) India had sent a "very strong demarche" which led to the US removing India from the mandate of special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, according ...

Bangalore, Feb 26 (IANS) Indian IT industry body Nasscom has reacted cautiously to US President Barack Obama's remarks on outsourcing, saying global outsourcing had benefited US firms that generate over 50 ...

New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wednesday expressed concern over US President Barack Obama's statement on ending tax breaks for outsourcing companies, saying "protectionist ...

Rome, Feb 15 (DPA) Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven (G7) most-industrialized nations ended talks Saturday with a pledge to re-establish confidence in the stricken global financial system ...

Brussels/Washington, Feb 5 (DPA) The European Union (EU) Wednesday applauded US President Barack Obama for warning against protectionist measures in the midst of a global economic crisis.Obama, in interviews with US television ...

Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) A "Buy American" provision in President Barack Obama's $819 billion stimulus plan that bans the purchase of foreign construction material for public works projects has set off a ...