Tag: trade
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Team Commonwealth
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India and the UK are increasingly aligned on the Commonwealth’s potential to provide an impetus to trade and investment, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. Tennis legend Billie Jean King famously said: “Create your legacy, then pass on the baton”. As the 25thCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)…
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India’s claim to becoming a major global export hub gets big boost
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A recent raft of measures revising India’s foreign trade policy is set to bolster exports and further the ease of doing business in the country, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. The Narendra Modi government this week gave a big boost to flagging Indian exports by announcing several…
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Sadiq’s visit highlights the opportunities for India and the UK post Brexit
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Sadiq Khan’s #LondonIsOpen campaign to the subcontinent, which has been received with much enthusiasm in India, is a first of its kind, with Khan being the first London Mayor to visit both India and Pakistan. The Mayor’s campaign to promote trade and cultural ties between the UK and India comes at a time when Britain faces a brave new post-Brexit world. It emphasises the UK’s need to urgently shore up its international alliances, and in particular its relationship…
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UK-India Week 2018: Brexit Britain meets global India
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In June next year, an exclusive and incisive set of events will take the UK-India bilateral relationship into the realm of some out-of-the-box thinking, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. The UK is India’s 15th largest trading partner and trade has fallen 20.2 per cent in recent times. Another…
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The UK-India partnership thrives on London’s power to raise green finance
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Vince Cable’s ambition to establish the global capital of green finance in London is just the kind of vision our Indian partners want to see from the UK’s political leaders. India – home to almost half of the world’s most-polluted cities – knows the environmental cost of its rapid economic…
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Trump continues to confound friends and foes alike
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Is Trump simply grandstanding in China or is he willing to cut a deal with Xi even if it means ruffling feathers in democratic capitals around the world? Your guess is as good as mine, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. Let me begin with an honest confession:…
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UK & India: Where are we heading?
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Our cover story this time is aptly titled ‘Yeh Dosti’. Indian readers will be familiar with the eponymous song from the iconic Bollywood blockbuster ‘Sholay’, which, even 42 years after its release, remains synonymous with undying friendship and renewal of relationships. To dwell a little further on the renewal analogy, here in…
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Who’s really driving the UK-India partnership?
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The UK-India Awards will unveil the true depth and spirit of the relationship by celebrating the people and businesses in the driving seat, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. The past few days have seen a hive of activity within the UK-India space, with visits from senior British ministers to…
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Commonwealth 2.0, not Empire 2.0
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India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa explains why he believes that a reformed Commonwealth, with the UK and India working in harmony, could create the world’s largest trade bloc. The ongoing Commonwealth Trade Ministers’ Meeting in London offers the 52-member bloc a unique opportunity to fashion agreements on increasing trade and…
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2016: Year of the Disruptors
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India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa looks back at the year gone by to weigh up its many disruptions and how they may not all be necessarily damaging. When one looks back at 2016 from the vantage point of the coming year, one will be forgiven, with the benefit of hindsight,…