● Following a presidential phone call, US and Chinese officials have stopped openly attacking the other side and sought to increase cooperation to combat the virus.
● But the continued proliferation of anti-US and other anti-Western misinformation on the Chinese internet risks shattering this truce.… Read the rest
Last week’s visit of US President Donald Trump did not provide Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the desired opportunity to divert attention from citizenship controversies and a flailing economy. The Modi administration is unlikely to propose any meaningful policy changes, however, despite recent concerns about the negative impact of the coronavirus.… Read the rest
● Pending US decisions on technology-focused export controls will signal the breadth and depth of future economic decoupling.
● The debate within the Trump administration is pitting national-security hardliners against the pro-business faction.… Read the rest
President Donald Trump has begun his India visit today, 24 February, amid low expectations of concrete deliverables. A trade deal is already off the table with the unavoidable collision of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” and President Trump’s “America First” objectives.… Read the rest
With protests against new citizenship laws showing no signs of abating and an almost certain defeat in the elections to the Delhi assembly due 8 February, the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) administration is trying to shift the political narrative towards one of optimism with the upcoming visit of US President Donald Trump.… Read the rest
