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Message to Trump? FM Sitharaman says ‘trade getting weaponised through tariffs’; adds India will have to negotiate carefully

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said global trade is increasingly “getting weaponised” through tariffs and other measures, warning that India will have to negotiate carefully in a changing global environment.Her remarks come amid US President Donald Trump’s earlier imposition of a 25% duty on India citing trade deficits, followed by another 25% penalty linked…

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From chips to ships: China just weaponised the sea – Xi Jinping ups the ante against Donald Trump

There are signs that some downsides of the higher tariffs are starting to emerge, the IMF outlook said. (AI image) Beijing has fired its latest salvo in the simmering US-China trade war-not through semiconductors or soybeans, but through ships. China imposed sanctions on the US subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilding giant Hanwha Ocean Co, citing…

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