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Hindustan Times: India, US to urgently address bilateral biz concerns October 14, 2013 India and the United States on Sunday agreed to urgently address all trade and investments policy issues of bilateral concern beleaguering relations lately. The two countries also agreed to work towards “greater understanding” on complex issues ...

Agence France Presse: US, India eye joint efforts against extremist funding October 13, 2013 Washington — The United States and India agreed Sunday to step up cooperation to prevent the financing of violent extremist movements linked to Pakistan, officials said.   In annual talks between top economic officials, India and the ...

Bloomberg: India, US to urgently address bilateral biz concerns October 13, 2013 U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew and Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram discussed ways to improve the investment environment in both countries during a bilateral meeting today. “We discussed the importance of investment for driving economic ...

The Economic Times: India to persist with open trade regime: Manmohan Singh October 10, 2013 JAKARTA: India will persist with open trade regime, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said expressing confidence that the impact of the slew of measures initiated to boost the economy will be "visible" soon. Asserting that fundamentals ...

Business Week: India Reforms Suffer With Wal-Mart’s Retreat October 10, 2013 By: Bruce Einhorn It was the change that was supposed to demonstrate India’s government wasserious about reform after years of missteps: Defying critics in their own coalition as well as the opposition party, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his new economic ...

Human Events: Five Questions with Mark Elliot, Executive Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center October 9, 2013 Today’s Topic: Protecting Intellectual Property Rights in India Last week ”Five Questions” spoke with Linda Dempsey, Vice President, International Economic Affairs for the ...

Politico Pro: Wal-Mart pulls out of India’s retail market October 9, 2013 By: Eric Bradner Wal-Mart Stores dropped its plans to expand into India’s retail market on Wednesday, citing the country’s complex regulations that limit international ownership of the superstores for which the company is known. The U.S. retail company ...

The Ripon Advance: Terry encourages trade agreements to further U.S. innovation October 8, 2013 By: Marjorie Clark Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) discussed U.S. trade agreements on Oct. 1 at a Ripon Society breakfast meeting. “We have focused on U.S. manufacturing, particularly in steel, in auto manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and technology,” ...

Human Events: Five Questions with Linda Dempsey, Vice President, International Economic Affairs, National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) October 2, 2013 Linda Menghetti Dempsey is the vice president of international economic affairs at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). In this capacity, Ms. Dempsey leads the NAM’s efforts ...

Channel News Asia: US, India to address trade disagreements September 27, 2013 By: Nick Harper Ties between the US and India hit a high watermark back in 2008 when the two signed a civil nuclear energy deal. Since then, many analysts said the relationship has drifted - in particular for businesses which say links between the two nations ...