India

Obama: India Should Have Permanent Seat on U.N. Security Council

9:48 AM, Nov 8, 2010 • By DANIEL HALPER

President Barack Obama on Monday backed India for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, a dramatic diplomatic gesture to his hosts at the end of his first visit to this booming nation.

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11:42 AM, Jul 19, 2010 • By JAIME DAREMBLUM

In recent years, Latin America’s trade with India, the world’s largest democracy, has grown much more slowly than its trade with China. However, the Latin Business Chronicle notes that “an increasing number of Indian companies are now looking at Latin America as the ‘next frontier.’”

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11:42 AM, Jul 19, 2010 • By JAIME DAREMBLUM

In recent years, Latin America’s trade with India, the world’s largest democracy, has grown much more slowly than its trade with China. However, the Latin Business Chronicle notes that “an increasing number of Indian companies are now looking at Latin America as the ‘next frontier.’”

Hillary Clinton Admires Brazil's High Tax Rate

The secretary of state says the wealthy "are not paying their fair share."

2:15 PM, Jun 1, 2010 • By PEYTON R. MILLER

Hillary Clinton raised more than a few eyebrows last week, when she aired her own views (and not necessarily those of the Obama administration, she said) on federal tax policy, saying she feels the rich “are not paying their fair share in any nation that is facing the kind of employment issues [like the U.S.] – whether it’s individual, corporate or whatever the taxation forms are.” CNN reports Secretary Clinton pointed to Brazil, long known for its high taxes, as a model of successful economic policy. “Brazil has the highest tax-to-GDP rate [35.3 percent] in the Western Hemisphere and guess what – they’re growing like crazy,” Clinton said. “And the rich are getting richer, but they’re pulling people out of poverty.”

The Obama administration fumbles relations with India

May 10, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 32 • By DANIEL TWINING

In 1998, President Bill Clinton flew over Japan without stopping on his way to spend nine days in China. This led to acute concern in Tokyo over “Japan passing”—the belief that Washington was neglecting a key Asian ally in favor of the region’s rising star, China. Twelve years later, Indians worry that the same thing may be happening to them, despite the transformation in U.S. relations symbolized by the 2008 nuclear deal.

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The secretary of state says the wealthy "are not paying their fair share."

The Obama administration fumbles relations with India

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