US President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ package of tariffs is being interpreted in India in three different ways. The immediate reaction is relief mixed with schadenfreude: At 26%, the tax on India is not the slap on the wrist that diplomats in New Delhi would have hoped for, especially after making concessions to Elon Musk’s…
It has been said that it takes only a minute to rupture ties, but needs years to repair them. The recent meeting between career diplomats from India and China achieved some progress in normalizing relations between the two powerful Asian neighbours, riven by festering border disputes and uneven trade balances. It was the latest in…
Advocacy of Chinese foreign direct investment into India by the Economic Survey notwithstanding, a change in India’s position seems unlikely. “There is no rethinking at present to support Chinese investments in the country,” commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday, noting that the survey’s recommendations are not binding. The current path of India-China…
