In Episode 1588, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains how China used trade as an agent of growth & what it means for the world, particularly India & US.
Biden administration puts in new curbs to counter low-value products mainly originating from China-founded e-commerce platforms. This comes 2 months ahead of US presidential elections.
American Chamber of Commerce says expectations are that US-China ties will become more stable than it has been under Trump, though it is unlikely to return to pre-2016 equations.
Concerns had been growing that a sharp drop in oil prices and the pandemic would sink the trade deal, the only active area of cooperation between the two nations.
Indian polls are unpredictable & ongoing trapeze act of simultaneous fiscal & monetary easing may lead to an accident if investors don’t like makeup of next government.
India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.
Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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