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India seeks deeper ties with Myanmar, Thailand as it looks East
06 Jun 2013
Besides the trilateral highway connecting India, Myanmar and Thailand, India has also sought deeper economic engagement with these East Asian countries
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EU to impose high tariffs on Chinese solar panels to check dumping
05 Jun 2013
In the largest EU commercial dispute of its kind, the EU has imposed tariffs up to 67.9 per cent on the import of solar panels from China in bid to revive the European solar industry
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Government sees plot to malign India’s pharma industry
03 Jun 2013
‘There is a strong reason to believe that some of the spurious drugs detected in the international markets, alleged to be exported from India, are desperate attempts by countries getting affected by the strength of Indian pharma industry’
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Government weighs gold import curbs as Re hits 56.75/$
03 Jun 2013
India imported gold and silver worth $7.5 billion in April 2013, which pushed up the country’s trade deficit in the first month of the current fiscal to $17.8 billion
![Japan, India to expedite N-talks, expand economic ties Japan, India to expedite N-talks, expand economic ties](/economy/trade/images/pm_in_japan2_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Japan, India to expedite N-talks, expand economic ties
29 May 2013
Japan will provide a 71 billion yen loan for the `Mumbai Metro Line-III project’ as well as a 17.7 billion yen loan for IIT Hyderabad and another 13 billion yen loan for Tamil Nadu Investment Promotion Programme this fiscal
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Slowdown a temporary blip in India’s high growth path: PM
28 May 2013
The prime minister said India’s economic growth in 2013-14 would improve to around 6 per cent from the decade's low of 5 per cent in the previous financial year
RBI to ease forex hedging norms for ex-im trade
24 May 2013
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China promises steps to reduce India’s trade deficit
16 May 2013
India can tap into $10 trillion worth of planned imports into China and proposed investment worth $500 billion, vice commerce minister Jiang Yaoping said
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India opens FY’14 with a trade deficit of $17.79 billion in April
13 May 2013
India, which ended the 2012-13 fiscal with a trade deficit of an estimated $190.92 billion, opened FY’14 with a 26.68 per cent year-on-year increase in trade deficit at $17.787 billion
![Chinese claim trade increase, but figures don’t add up Chinese claim trade increase, but figures don’t add up](/economy/worldeconomy/images/china_flag_sm_doamin-b.jpg)
Chinese claim trade increase, but figures don’t add up
08 May 2013
China’s export growth surged unexpectedly in April, as shipments to the US and Europe decreased, leading Bank of America and Mizuho Securities analysts to say China's figures had been inflated
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