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The United States has revised downwards the import duties imposed on India, reducing them from 27  per cent to 26 per cent, according to a White House document. These new tariffs will come into effect from April 9. While announcing the reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday, President Donald Trump presented a chart displaying the tariff rates that countries such as India, China, the UK, and the European Union will now have to pay. According to the chart, India previously imposed a 52 per cent tariff (factoring in currency manipulation and trade...

The United States has revised downwards the import duties to be imposed on India from 27 per cent to 26 per cent, according to a White House document. These duties will come into force from April 9. While announcing the reciprocal tariffs against different countries on Wednesday, he held up a chart that showed the tariffs that countries such as India, China, the UK, and the European Union will now have to pay. The chart indicated that India charged 52 per cent tariffs, including currency manipulation and trade barriers, and...

Two thirds of Canadians back Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre getting a national security clearance, and nearly as many support Liberal Leader Mark Carney disclosing the scope and scale of his investments he recently put in a blind trust, according to a new national poll.The opinion survey on the personal choices of these two leaders, conducted last weekend for The Globe and Mail and CTV News by Nanos Research, found 66 per cent of respondents wanted or somewhat supported Mr. Poilievre joining the other federal party leaders in obtaining this status...

As Tax Day nears, fiscally conservative leaders in several states are pushing to abolish property taxes, with one Pennsylvania lawmaker arguing that homeowners shouldn’t have to “pay rent” to the government. That lawmaker, state Rep. Russ Diamond, R-Lebanon, spoke to Fox News Digital on Thursday ahead of his latest effort to end the collection of such taxes in the Keystone State. Diamond will put forward a resolution — titled HB 900 — which Fox News Digital learned exclusively will be filed imminently. The document is a draft constitutional amendment he...

Open this photo in gallery:The 407 toll highwayFred Lum/The Globe and MailPublic Sector Pension Investment Board is making its largest-ever investment in Canada with a multibillion-dollar deal to acquire a piece of Ontario’s 407 ETR toll road.In a series of transactions announced Thursday morning, Montreal-based engineering giant AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. ATRL-T said it was divesting its 6.76-per-cent stake in the toll road for nearly $2.8-billion. Spanish construction giant Ferrovial will buy most of that stake – 5.06 per cent – for $2.1-billion and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will acquire...