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Donald Trump administration talks tough on trade: India needs to keep its powder dry as strategic ties seem shaky
Narayanan Madhavan •The US cannot eat the cake of being a strategic partner while having the privilege of reckless action and loose words.
US to end preferential trade agreement with India: Donald Trump's protectionist policy message to New Delhi to repair in-house growth engines
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 •The external sector woes may have just gone up by a notch with US President Donald Trump flashing his protectionist card yet again and threatening to end GSP for India
New e-commerce policy draft is a jugaad ropewalk, makes govt vulnerable to litigation, other loopholes
Narayanan Madhavan •The first draft of the e-commerce policy last December set the stage for a new regime by cracking down on cosy, exclusive deals between marketplaces and their affiliate sellers.
E-commerce policy shouldn’t blow hot and cold about exclusive deals; online marketplace can't be blamed for sellers' misdeeds
Smurlidharan •One of the clarifications was that marketplace model of e-commerce and exclusive dealings were contradiction in terms.
Narendra Modi to consider cheap loans, free accidental insurance coverage to small businesses: Report
•The government may also ask banks to open a special window for increasing the credit flow to small businesses, which will ensure greater availability of loans.
E-commerce norms should treat domestic, foreign players equally to boost the industry: CUTS International
•It said the government should frame a comprehensive national e-commerce policy to provide a level playing field to domestic and foreign e-retail companies
New e-commerce policy aids smaller players by breaking unholy nexus between marketplace and affiliate sellers
Narayanan Madhavan •The domestic lobby has succeeded in convincing the government that friendliness towards FDI in e-commerce should not hamper healthy competition
Commerce and industry ministry drafting new e-commerce policy to boost online retail sector: DIPP secretary
•The draft had suggested to introduce a pre-set timeframe for offering differential pricing or deep discounts by e-commerce players to customers.
Mandating e-commerce firms to store user data exclusively in India will impact their business: Experts
•An initial draft policy set up to formulate a national e-commerce policy has suggested that all e-commerce companies will have to store user data exclusively in India in view of security and privacy concerns.
Traders' body CAIT writes to commerce minister Suresh Prabhu over plans to change draft e-commerce policy
•The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said that the country's e-commerce market has considerably grown in size and scale which needs a codified policy and a regulatory authority to regulate and monitor the market.