Govt to buy another 2.20 lakh tonnes of US wheat
2 December 2025, 14:24 PM
Business
US to zero out tariffs on UK pharma under trade deal
2 December 2025, 07:12 AM
Business
Gold prices ease on firmer Treasury yields
2 December 2025, 06:12 AM
Business
Transhipment truck finally leaves for Bhutan through Burimari
1 December 2025, 15:15 PM
Business
Remittance jumps 31% in November
1 December 2025, 12:39 PM
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Taiwan seeks tariffs cut to 15% in US trade deal
1 December 2025, 07:21 AM
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Gold climbs to six-week high on risk-off sentiment in equities
1 December 2025, 06:28 AM
Business
Asia's factories stumble as US trade deals fail to revive demand
1 December 2025, 06:11 AM
Business
Electric vehicle prowess helps China’s flying car sector take off
30 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Business
Garment exports triple in 15 years, but jobs remain stagnant: RAPID
30 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Business
China strikes at West’s softest rare-earths spot
The world may be underestimating the difficulty of loosening China’s stranglehold on critical minerals.
23 October 2025, 21:07 PM
Global trade system risks coming off the rails: UN chief
The rules-based international trade system is in danger, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday, amid spiralling debt, heavy tariffs and financial insecurity for emerging nations.
23 October 2025, 19:50 PM
China, US to hold trade talks in Malaysia in coming days
Beijing this month announced sweeping controls on the critical rare earths industry
23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
India poised to sharply cut Russian oil purchases after sanctions, sources say
Russian oil is a main irritant for US President Donald Trump in prolonged trade talks with India.
23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
Australia-US deal to challenge China rare earths reign: mining boss
China’s total domination of rare earths production could soon be challenged, a leading miner said Wednesday after the United States struck a breakthrough minerals deal with Australia.
22 October 2025, 18:48 PM
US-Aussie critical minerals pact is worthy stretch
China’s President Xi Jinping won’t exactly be quaking in his boots after reading the terms of a critical minerals pact signed by his US and Australian counterparts on Monday.
21 October 2025, 19:06 PM
Goldman Sachs warns of rare earth supply risks
Goldman Sachs flagged mounting risks to global supply chains of rare earths and other critical minerals, emphasising China’s dominance in mining and refining, and outlining challenges for nations seeking to build independent supply chains.
21 October 2025, 19:06 PM
Fall in China’s exports of rare earth magnets stokes supply chain fears
China’s exports of rare earth magnets fell in September, reigniting fears that the world’s top supplier could wield its dominance over a component key for US defence firms and makers of items from cars to smartphones as leverage in trade talks.
20 October 2025, 19:35 PM
Trump vows ‘massive’ tariffs until India halts Russian oil buys
US President Donald Trump reiterated on Sunday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him India will stop buying Russian oil, while warning that New Delhi would continue paying “massive” tariffs if it did not do so.
20 October 2025, 18:54 PM
US-China trade war risks long-term hit to global growth: WTO
The head of the World Trade Organization said she is urging the US and China to de-escalate trade tensions, warning that a decoupling by the world’s two largest economies could reduce global economic output by 7 percent over the longer term.
19 October 2025, 20:02 PM
High gold prices change festive buying patterns in India
Soaring gold prices led Indian buyers to choose coins and bars over jewellery during the Dhanteras festival on Saturday, fuelled by hopes that the precious metal’s glittering rally would continue, industry officials told Reuters.
19 October 2025, 18:58 PM
Trump extends auto tariff relief
US President Donald Trump signed an order Friday to extend an arrangement that allowed automakers to reduce tariffs paid on imported vehicle parts.
19 October 2025, 18:55 PM
Inflation targets are no match for fiscal neglect
“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.” Milton Friedman’s famous dogma looks increasingly quaint today.
18 October 2025, 18:48 PM
China and US agree to fresh trade talks
China and the United States agreed Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world’s two biggest economies seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat tariff battle.
18 October 2025, 18:48 PM
There’s no such thing as a ‘good’ bubble
Even the tech titans admit we are in a bubble. There will be plenty of losses to go round, they say, but the massive investment in artificial intelligence will leave everyone better off.
11 October 2025, 18:09 PM
Trump ratchets up US-China trade war, promising new tariffs
Trump unveiled additional levies of 100% on China's US-bound exports
11 October 2025, 03:28 AM
Gold takes a breather in int’l market
Gold took a breather from a record run on Thursday, as investors booked profits a day after bullion breached the $4,000 level for the first time ever on economic and geopolitical uncertainties and hopes of further US interest rate cuts this year.
9 October 2025, 18:00 PM
World economy not doing as badly as feared: IMF chief
The global economy is doing better than expected, even as it faces prolonged uncertainty and underwhelming medium-term growth prospects, the head of the IMF said Wednesday.
9 October 2025, 18:00 PM
China’s slim AI budgets are self-reinforcing
Artificial intelligence will transform industries and economies. Yet while fears are growing in the United States that spending on advanced chips and data centres is inflating an investment bubble, China may end up with the opposite problem: not spending enough to make breakthroughs at the frontier.
9 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Indian garment exporters reel under US tariffs
When Donald Trump was elected, Indian garment exporter R.K. Sivasubramaniam thought the new US president would boost business and invested heavily in anticipation of a boom.
8 October 2025, 18:00 PM