This weekend, India and China took baby steps to bridge their historical trust deficit on the sidelines of the Shangai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China. To at least try and synergise the two economies, who otherwise see each other as strategic rivals.
Undoubtedly, President Donald Trump’s bizarre actions on tariffs, spurred the Elephant and the Dragon to attempt a tango.
The big question is: Can India redraw its economic engagement with China in a way that works to its advantage?
Our guest on StratNewsGlobal.Tech, Nisha Taneja, believes India can do so. Nisha is a professor at Icrier, a Delhi-based think tank, and lead author of a just published report on reimagining India-China trade.
Anil Padmanabhan has been a journalist for the last 36 years. He has worked in various capacities in several publications including Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Press Trust of India, Business Standard, Mint and was based in New York for India Today. He was a Nieman Fellow in 2001. He tweets at @capitalcalculus.
