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BIMSTEC is an institutional framework for cooperation among 7 countries — Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand — that surround the Bay of Bengal.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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