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India-Australia Summit: Russia-Ukraine, Quad Focus On China & Indo-Pacific, Interim Trade Deal Soon

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NEW DELHI: On โ€˜The Gistโ€™, Ambassador Anil Wadhwa, Former Secretary (East), MEA, Author of the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) Australia Economic Strategy Report in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi.


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Ambassador Wadhwa discusses the second India-Australia Virtual Summit between Prime Ministers Scott Morrison and Narendra Modi, the โ€œconsequences of Russiaโ€™s invasion of Ukraineโ€, Indiaโ€™s position in contrast to condemnation and sanctions imposed by the other Quad members, the groupโ€™s focus on China and the Indo-Pacific, a bilateral interim trade deal possibly by end March and negotiations for an expected full Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement(CECA) by the end of the year, issues over Indiaโ€™s agricultural. meat and dairy imports from Australia and service exports and professional mobility to Australia, the announcement of โ€œsimilar tax benefitsโ€ for sovereign and pension funds, investment agreements on critical minerals and clean energy, trilaterals, the AUKUS security group and bilateral defence, cyber and space cooperation.