"California almond exports to India are worth more than USD 650 million a year. The president must stop damaging trade relations with our allies," Senator Feinstein said.
Last year, the US imposed duties on steel and aluminium from India following which a retaliation was deferred until now.
At the Interbank Foreign Exchange, the rupee opened on at 69.33 then fell to 69.38 against the US dollar, showing a decline of 4 paise over its previous closing.
The rupee had settled at 69.44 against the US dollar Tuesday.
Kochi-based Synthite Industries 46,000 sqm facility at Wucheng county in Dezhou in Shandong province was inaugurated by Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri along with local Chinese government officials.
Markets regulator Sebi has slapped a total fine of Rs 42 lakh on 14 individuals for executing fraudulent trade in shares of Kushal Tradelink Ltd (KTL). The 14 individuals were fined Rs 3 lakh each, totalling Rs 42 lakh, according to a Sebi order.
The US and China are locked in a bitter, year-long trade dispute which has seen the Trump administration recently boost tariffs on USD 250 billion of Chinese goods.
The Generalized System of Preference (GSP) is the largest and oldest US trade preference programme and is designed to promote economic development by allowing duty-free entry for thousands of products from designated beneficiary countries.
Before his meeting with Abe, Trump also said that he was willing to talk to Iran to ease the ongoing tensions between the two nations while highlighting the mediation role Japan could play in the process.
India's services exports rose by 6.6 per cent to USD 17.94 billion in March, according to the data released by the Reserve Bank Wednesday.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) after observing large scale reversal of trades in stock options segment of the bourse conducted an investigation between April 2014 and September 2015.
The 12 entities making it to the list include four companies with locations in both China and Hong Kong, and a further two Chinese, one Pakistani and five Emirati persons, the Department of Commerce said.
Senior officials of India and China will meet here on Thursday to discuss trade-related issues, particularly matters concerning the agriculture sector, an official said.
For 2018, the US goods and services deficit was USD 621.0 billion, up USD 68.8 billion from USD 552.3 billion in 2017. Exports were USD 2,500.0 billion in 2018, up USD148.9 billion from 2017. Imports were USD 3,121.0 billion, up USD 217.7 billion from 2017, the figure said.
India had suggested China for renminbi-rupee trade to boost its exports and tackle the widening trade deficit concern.
The highlight of the day-long visit is the Italian prime minister's participation at the 24th edition of the India-Italy Technology Summit, which is being organised by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
"China developed Tibet to become Beijing's gateway for trade to South Asia through Nepal", Yongzhang added.
Speaking at the annual session of PHD Chamber of Commerce, Jaitley said some global trends do “adversely affect” India, but going ahead they will open up avenues for the country to grow faster.
The tech giant has sent a letter to the US Trade Representative asking the office to spare its products.
The two largest economies of the world have already levied taxes worth $50 billion on each other goods.
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