Tag: trade

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, who also holds the food and consumer affairs portfolio, says pre-emptive measures taken by the government to keep food inflation under check, will help amid fears of El Nino. He also blames high interest rates and global slowdown for fall in FDI and exports, although he expects a pick-up in trade in coming months as India purses an aggressive FTA agenda. Excerpts:PM and US president Joe Biden had a bilateral meeting and some more trade disputes between the two countries were resolved....