Posted on 08/30/2023 6:06:01 AM PDT by Cronos
India’s commerce chief has described the country’s “heart” as belonging to the US and not China as it relates to trade in remarks delivered before ministers from both countries in New Delhi on Friday.
Speaking at a business meeting of Group of 20 member nations, Piyush Goyal asked Wang Shouwen, China’s vice-minister of commerce, how Beijing felt about New Delhi opting not to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership in 2020.
...Goyal to state that although bilateral trade between the Asian neighbours was on the rise it was “largely skewed in favour of China”.
“Indian industry feels that if you had entered into this agreement with the RCEP this trade would have suddenly increased, but it would only have increased the trade deficit further,” he said.
... ties between India and China have been strained since a clash along their disputed Himalayan border in 2020 led to the deaths of at least 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers. It was the deadliest border encounter between the two in decades.
..Xi told Modi that improving China-India relations served the interests of both countries and was conducive to peace, stability, and development, according to the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs, which said the discussion came about at Modi’s request. Some Indian media outlets later challenged China’s claim, citing sources in the Indian government saying there had been a pending request from the Chinese side for a bilateral meeting and that the leaders’ conversation had been informal.
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Good fences make good neighbors. They don’t have one. We got oceans.
The ‘mountains’ make pretty good fences.
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