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Between India and EU, a carbon gap and an FTA bridge

January 02,2026 07:06:19 AM

The new tax could wipe out 16–22 per cent of the actual prices received, force contract renegotiations, and weaken the presence of Indian products in the EU — a market that absorbs about 22 per cent of India’s steel and aluminium exports

Fri, Jan 02, 2026

Rollback of quality control orders is good, but don’t make hasteSubscriber Only

November 28,2025 08:28:16 AM

Industrial policy cannot be built on abrupt shifts or opaque implementation

Fri, Nov 28, 2025

The uncomfortable truth is that war has become good business for US defence contracts; their logistics and energy exports are all booming (Illustration: C R Sasikumar)

US sanctions on Russian oil are not about Ukraine, but its own shale industrySubscriber Only

November 05,2025 07:00:11 AM

The uncomfortable truth is that war has become good business for US defence contracts; their logistics and energy exports are all booming.

Thu, Nov 06, 2025

US, EU, China are rewriting trade rules. India needs its own playbookSubscriber Only

October 17,2025 06:59:41 AM

As US weaponises tariffs and energy policy, EU hides protectionism behind green regulations, China turns its industrial dominance into geopolitical leverage, India must strengthen domestic manufacturing, safeguard strategic autonomy, secure supply chains

Fri, Oct 17, 2025