India Times - India

New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s eleventh hour decision to cancel his visit to all weather ally Pakistan has raised eyebrows and many in the South Asia neighbourhood, rattled by the People’s Liberation Army moves along the LAC in India’s Eastern border in the Himalayan region, believe there is more than meets the eye.

Any broader effort to restructure supply chains is little more than wishful thinking so far, analysts say.

India must view this crisis as an exercise in building institutional and governance capacity — in particular, by leveraging five opportunities that can position it as a model to emulate in post-Covid-19 recovery and growth.

India and the US pledged to deepen defence and security cooperation by collaborating on the co-development and production of advanced military systems besides pushing ahead with a comprehensive global strategic partnership anchored in mutual trust and shared interests.

Trade tension between the US and China is the chief factor nudging the world economy towards a recession.

Latest export numbers in key sectors indicate a sluggish demand for made-in-India items globally.

Gita Gopinath has flagged concerns over the "deflator" used to calculate the real GDP.

The action will increase Livent's sale taxes in China but give it greater access to growing markets for lithium in Japan, South Korea and elsewhere.