US sanctions on Iran threaten vital Afghanistan trade project

WASHINGTON/KABUL, May 20 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear accord and re-impose sanctions on Tehran threatens to derail a project to help build Afghanistan's economy, endangering a key goal of the US strategy to end America's longest war.The Indian-backed Chabahar port complex in...

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German companies fret Trump moving toward ‘America Alone’

BERLIN, May 20 (Reuters): German companies are concerned that US President Donald Trump is increasingly thinking only of America rather than just putting his country first, the head of Germany's DIHK Chambers of Commerce told media.The United States (US) has pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and Germany...

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China to step up checks on local govt efforts to tame prices

SHANGHAI, May 20 (Reuters): China's housing ministry said that it would step up checks on local governments' efforts to rein in property prices, and will hold those who fail to do so accountable.The undated statement on the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development's website warned against property market speculation.It is...

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Japan notifies WTO of steps against steel tariffs

TOKYO, May 19 (Xinhua): Japan has notified the World Trade Organisation (WTO) of its consideration of retaliatory measures against the United States imposition of higher tariffs on steel imports, Japan's foreign ministry said in a press release on Friday.The envisioned move, if taken, would raise tariffs of United States products...

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Global Exhibition on Services

Jahangir Bin Alam, secretary and CEO, India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, speaking at a seminar on "Synergies in Services in South Asia", a sideline event of Global Exhibition on Services organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Mumbai recently

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