India has decided it won’t join any trade deal that has China as a member. But RCEP member nations are likely to sign deal despite Beijing’s belligerence.
Speaking on Australia’s 2020 Defence Strategic Update, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said the region around Indo-Pacific is witnessing strategic realignment similar to that of World War 2. Read her full speech here.
Australian Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said the region around Indo-Pacific is witnessing strategic realignment that is similar to what had happened during World War II.
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Sensible decision. Apart from our confrontation with China another reason is that India as of now is not ready or should I say competitive enough to join RCEP.
Carry out reforms, develop skills of your youth(other than IT related), build physical infrastructure, focus on domestic manufacturing and then open up your economy for a healthy competition.
Without these reforms, RCEP would result in Indian economy being owned by the Japanese, Koreans and the Chinese. Forget being a superpower or a ‘Great power’, India would end up looking like a client state, where our regional politicians would become puppets of major foreign corporations, pretty much like East India company in the 18th century.
We should have woken up 70 years ago.
We had better wake up.
Sensible decision. Apart from our confrontation with China another reason is that India as of now is not ready or should I say competitive enough to join RCEP.
Carry out reforms, develop skills of your youth(other than IT related), build physical infrastructure, focus on domestic manufacturing and then open up your economy for a healthy competition.
Without these reforms, RCEP would result in Indian economy being owned by the Japanese, Koreans and the Chinese. Forget being a superpower or a ‘Great power’, India would end up looking like a client state, where our regional politicians would become puppets of major foreign corporations, pretty much like East India company in the 18th century.