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India, US trade talks focus on tariffs, market access, and sensitive sectors
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1 week, 5 days ago

India, US trade talks focus on tariffs, market access, and sensitive sectors

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: As India and the US begin trade talks, New Delhi has conveyed that it has been reducing applied tariffs in agreements with developed countries, while emphasising a “mutually beneficial” approach and “sensitive handling of sectors like agriculture”, a key focus of the Trump administration in seeking greater market access. Reducing “average applied tariff significantly” has been a key …

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Climate talks open with calls for a path away from the 'road to ruin.' But the real focus is money
4 months, 1 week ago

Climate talks open with calls for a path away from the 'road to ruin.' But the real focus is money

Associated Press  

BAKU, Azerbaijan — United Nations annual climate talks stuttered to a start Monday with more than nine hours of backroom bickering over what should be on the agenda for the next two weeks. But Erika Lennon, Center for International Environmental Law’s Senior Attorney, warned that pushing through resolutions this early in the conference “without discussion or debate, sets a dangerous …

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Focus on the IRGC ‘terror’ designation in Iran nuclear talks
2 years, 11 months ago

Focus on the IRGC ‘terror’ designation in Iran nuclear talks

Al Jazeera  

Iran and the US are negotiating IRGC designations with help from the European coordinator of the nuclear talks. Tehran, Iran – The issue of a “terror” designation on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has taken centre stage during the ongoing efforts to revive the country’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. As the European Union’s negotiations coordinator, Enrique Mora, met …

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UK pushes Pacific trade talks amid broader new focus on Asia
3 years, 8 months ago

UK pushes Pacific trade talks amid broader new focus on Asia

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The U.K. launched negotiations Tuesday to join a trans-Pacific trade bloc as it looks to explore new opportunities following its departure from the European Union and strengthen its strategic interests in Asia. Britain is also looking to attain “dialogue partnership” status with the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, as it pursues a “tilt” toward the …

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India-China 5th round of Corps Commander-level talks today; Pangong Tso, Gogra to be focus
4 years, 7 months ago

India-China 5th round of Corps Commander-level talks today; Pangong Tso, Gogra to be focus

India Today  

India and China are set to hold the fifth round of Corps Commander level talks on Sunday, to work out modalities of Pangong Tso area and Gogra where the disengagement between the troops of the two countries has not happened. The situation on Pangong Tso lake is likely to be the agenda of the fifth round of Corps Commander level …

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Peace process complicated by emergence of IS: Afghan CEO
9 years, 1 month ago

Peace process complicated by emergence of IS: Afghan CEO

Hindustan Times  

The emergence of the Islamic State and the splintering of the Taliban have added to the complexities of the fragile process aimed at bringing the militants to the negotiating table, chief executive Abdullah Abdullah said on Thursday. Abdullah skirted questions on links between the attacks on the Pathankot airbase and the Indian consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif last month – both blamed …

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Pakistan Army chief arrives in US, to hold talks with special focus on Afghan
9 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan Army chief arrives in US, to hold talks with special focus on Afghan

India TV News  

Washington: Pakistan's powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif has arrived in the US for a five-day visit during which he will hold talks with top defence officials on key issues with special focus on the Afghanistan peace process and Indo-Pak ties. "The visit is very significant as it is taking place at a time when important changes are taking place …

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APNewsBreak: AP sources say port talks focus on arbitrator
10 years, 1 month ago

APNewsBreak: AP sources say port talks focus on arbitrator

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The labor-management standoff that is disrupting billions of dollars of international trade at West Coast seaports now centers on the future of one man who resolves workplace disputes at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Three people with knowledge of the contract talks say negotiators for the dockworkers’ union want arbitrator David Miller out, while …

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