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OPINIONSTRATEGIC AUTONOMY BETWEEN US AND CHINA

Autonomy Is Built in Factories, Not Bargained For in Summits

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met twice in 2026 and commentators describe the result as a partial US-China rapprochement or G2 framework. An Indian Express column by former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and Pushparaj Deshpande warns that India risks being squeezed between the two powers. The debate comes as India's trade deficit with China has crossed 100 billion dollars and as…

Sub TopicG2 RAPPROCHEMENT, THE THUCYDIDES TRAP AND INDIA'S…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, DRISHTI IAS…
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