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The Dollar Business Bureau A new trade agreement between India and Bhutan has come into force from July 29. This was signed between the two countries on November 12, 2016. The move will further strengthen the bilateral trade ties between India and Bhutan an official communique read. ‘The agreement provides for a free trade regime between the countries and it also gives duty free transit of Bhutanese goods for trade with third countries,’ the Indian commerce ministry said in a statement. The bilateral trade relations are governed by this agreement. Renewal of this agreement was done on July 29, 2006 for ten years with its validity gaining an extension of a year on July 29, 2016, or till the new agreement comes into force. Bilateral ...

The Dollar Business Bureau India and Pakistan's admission as full members to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be formalised at the political and security grouping's summit in Kazakhstan next week, China announced today, while hoping that they would "strictly follow" its charter. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying hoped that the admission of India and Pakistan as full members would help improve their bilateral relations. "Hope India and Pakistan strictly follow the charter of the SCO and the idea of good neighbourliness, uphold the SCO spirit, improve their relations and inject new impetus to the development of the SCO," Hua told a media briefing here. She confirmed that the lengthy process of their admission into the group, which took years ...

The Dollar Business Bureau   US President Donald Trump’s views of Indo-US relationship is very positive and is keen to take the bilateral relationship forward, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said, after he met the senior cabinet officials of the US government.  Speaking with the Indian reporters on the margins of the India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue, which was started during the ex-President Barack Obama-led administration, Jaishankar said: "Optimistic" about the continuation of the upward trajectory of the bilateral relationship. Overall, (the) sense was that the Administration has a very positive view of the relationship, positive view of India. We saw a lot of goodwill and a lot of interest in taking the relationship forward.”  The two countries are currently working on the nitty-gritty ...

The Dollar Business Bureau  India and China on Wednesday conducted a strategic dialogue to strengthen their bilateral relations. This is the first ever strategic dialogue between the two nations nearly 67 years after they established diplomatic relations, and the first ‘strategic dialogue meet’ after 30 bilateral dialogues that happened over the years. Many have labelled this visit by the Indian foreign secretary as a significant one albeit not as historic as Nehru’s visit in 1954 or Rajiv Gandhi’s visit in 1988 nor the recent visit by PM Modi in 2015, but significantly important and strategic enough for the world to sit up and notice. The foremost agenda of the foreign secretary is to try and understand China’s reluctance to support India’s membership ...

Source: PTI India has conveyed its disappointment to Australia over the derailing of mining giant Adani's controversial $16.5 billion project in Queensland on issues relating to environment. Indian High Commissioner Navdeep Suri on Tuesday said the matter was discussed with Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb during a trade and investment meeting held recently. “We did speak about the Adani Carmichael project in Queensland and I shared our disappointment over recent developments,” Suri said. Stating that Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was also in favour of the Indian mining giant's Australian project, Suri said, “we hope that the outstanding issues can be resolved speedily and to mutual satisfaction.” On a query if the Adani's project issue could dent bilateral relations, Suri stressed the ...

Interview by Himanshu Vatsa | The Dollar Business The Dollar Business (TDB): Apart from nuclear energy and defence sector, what are the areas that have potential to strengthen the business collaboration between India and the United States? Dr. Didar Singh (DDS): In chemical, pharmaceutical, bio-technology and bio-informatics sectors. In R&D, manufacturing and trade in advanced technologies in the fields of conventional munitions, aerospace, electronics, and material sciences. Other emerging sectors with significant market opportunities include lasers, robotics, nano-technology, specialty materials, and advanced design, engineering & construction capabilities. The infrastructure sector which includes ports, airports, roads, highways, power plants, implementation of Smart City projects etc. present an enormous potential for American companies doing business in India. Dr. Didar Singh, Secretary General, FICCI TDB: ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Federal Minister of Defence, Germany: Ursula von der Leyen was in New Delhi recently to discuss matters of strategic interests to India and Germany   High-technology collaborations with German companies can be a major boost for India’s defence manufacturing sector. German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen who met PM Modi on Wednesday said that her country is keen on collaborating with India in defence technology and equipment. A day prior to meeting Modi, Von der Leyen met her Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar and expressed her country’s willingness to take part in the ‘Make in India’ initiative. “Cooperation between the armed forces of the two countries, partnering of Germany in the Make in India initiative in the ...