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India raises $131 million incentives to boost exports

Bloomberg India announced incentives worth $131 million as it seeks to double overseas shipments by 2020 amid slowing trade as well as help exporters tide over a chaotic roll out of the new sales tax. The increased benefits for exporters in labour-intensive businesses including textiles and farms is in addition to incentives worth 250 billion rupees already available to traders, ...

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Europe to weigh if US tax cuts violate ‘trade rules’

Bloomberg European Union finance ministers were expected to discuss US legislation to slash taxes at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday and whether the new plan violates international trade rules. The centerpiece of the tax bill that passed the US Senate is a reduction in the corporate tax rate to 20 percent from 35 percent. The bill still needs to ...

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BMW targets 50% increase in electric vehicle sales

Bloomberg BMW AG is targeting another ambitious hike in plug-in hybrid and battery car sales next year to defend its position in the electric-car shift as competitors like Volkswagen AG ready their own battery lineups. The planned increase to about 150,000 cars sold would represent a 50 percent rise from this year, and a jump of about two-thirds from last ...

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