Jaishankar pitches for better ties with both US & China, outlines India’s approach

Jaishankar, on the deal with the US, added: “There is a very active and intense trade discussion going on at this point in time.” “There is a sound business case for a bilateral trade agreement with the US. Bear in mind that in the first [Donald J.] Trump administration, our trade negotiators and theirs spent a lot of time actually trying to do a limited deal…A trade agreement with the US is conceptually not new,” said Jaishankar, while speaking at an event organised by the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) and the Asia Society India Centre. The discussion was moderated…