US President Donald Trump hugs visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in 2017. A report on America’s Indo-Pacific strategy notes that the US and India maintain a “broad-based strategic partnership” and asserts that this has “strengthened significantly during the past two decades, based on a convergence of strategic interests”. Photo: Reuters
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Wary of China, India draws closer to the US – just not too close, as the loss of its special trade status shows
- The punitive trade move comes even as the US publicly embraces India as a key partner in its Indo-Pacific strategy against China. The contradictory moves are part of a long and uneasy alliance between the two countries
US President Donald Trump hugs visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in 2017. A report on America’s Indo-Pacific strategy notes that the US and India maintain a “broad-based strategic partnership” and asserts that this has “strengthened significantly during the past two decades, based on a convergence of strategic interests”. Photo: Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a summit in Xiamen in 2017. Photo: AFP
For Modi 2.0, India’s US-China balancing act just got trickier
- Border stand-offs with China, air strikes in Pakistan, and a strong-arm approach to smaller neighbours marked his first term as prime minister
- Now safely re-elected, is it time for the friendly approach?
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a summit in Xiamen in 2017. Photo: AFP