Highlighting the opinions and thoughts of policymakers and think-tanks on global trade and foreign policy

Economy is very clearly showing signs of revival. Although I still call it very cautionary, they (RBI) could have been a bit more eased out. I don’t know, they are the best judge.

(Source: NDTV Profit)

Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Nirmala Sitharaman, Welcoming the Reserve Bank of India’s move to cut the key policy rate by 0.25% to 7.75%

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Look, I’m the first one to admit that past trade deals haven’t always lived up to the hype, and that’s why we’ve gone after countries that break the rules at our expense.

(Source: The Guardian)

US President, Barack Obama, demanding the authority to fast track international trade pacts in his sixth State of the Union address

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There is no alternate market that has a clear trade path for the black table grapes, in particular the Midnight Beauty. They won’t get the same sort of returns on the local market, and at the moment we do have an oversupply of table grapes on the local market.

(Source: ABC News)

Australian Horticultural Exporters Asso. executive director, Michelle Christoe, in a statement, after  Vietnam issued ban on Australian fruit and vegetables

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It’s built like a Volvo in every way. You can’t tell the difference between a Volvo built in China and Volvo built in Gothenborg (Sweden) or Ghent (Belgium).

(Source: Daily Mail Online)

Hakan Samuelsson, president and CEO of the Volvo Car Group, while announcing that the company will begin shipping a new S60 model produced in China to US market Starting mid-year

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It is important that everyone can see and understand what we are proposing in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and – just as importantly – what we are not.

(Source: Financial Times)

The European Union (EU) trade commissioner, Cecilia Malmström, While commenting on accusations that EU is trying to conclude a trade deal with the US in secret

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We know that there is over-supply in the market, that there is a lower demand – and we decided to keep production as it is. It will stay for another month at this low price, but I’m sure the price will rebound.

(Source: CNBC)

Abdalla El-Badri, Secretary General, OPEC while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos