{
  "id": 14980625,
  "title": "China says ready to address each other's concerns after Sitharaman flags trade barriers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/china-says-ready-to-address-each-others-concerns-after-sitharaman",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-16T14:22:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times - Economy",
    "slug": "the-economic-times-economy",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/china-says-ready-to-address-each-others-concerns-after-sitharaman-flags-trade-barriers/articleshow/134997260.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China said it was ready to work with India to allay its concerns of rising trade imbalance. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the trade imbalance was due to China's restrictions in market access to Indian goods and services. She said that India has not resorted to punitive tariffs to reign in large trade imbalances and prefers negotiations despite the process being time-consuming.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "India flags trade concerns, market access barriers; China reacts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/india-flags-trade-concerns-market-access-barriers-china-reacts",
        "published": "2026-10-16T14:59:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "U.S. presses China on Mastercard, Citigroup market access in bilateral Bangkok talks, official says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/u-s-presses-china-on-mastercard-citigroup-market-access-in-bilateral",
        "published": "2026-10-16T16:46:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}