INTO INDIA last month asked this question – can the USA-India releationship survive President Trump?
This month the answer is even less certain.
New Delhi has some fears on this front – knowing that India’s growing economy and innovation needs a friendly USA. Even more so, the India-USA relationship is a key to ensuring an Asia NOT dominated by China.
India wants agreement with the USA.
Without some effort from Washington, India will just have to find new relationships to secure its position in Asia.
If India and the United States become more distant to each other, both would have a weaker hand to play when it comes to China.
India is anxious to reduce its reliance on China as a source of supply and also its reliance on the USA as a source of demand.
Trump is softening his approach to China while he goes harder on India.
There are serious levels of concern in New Delhi about this.
First, the China border problem continues to fester.
Second, both the USA and China are moving closer to Pakistan = which is also a volatile border for India.
Corporate India seems to have made up its mind – several of India’s largest corporations are seeking a presence or partnerships in China.
But political India continues to look for new friends.
Author: Stephen Manallack
Former President, Australia India Business Council, Victoria and Author, You Can Communicate; Riding the Elephant; Soft Skills for a Flat World (published by Tata McGraw-Hill INDIA); Communicating Your Personal Brand.
Director, EastWest Academy Pty Ltd and Trainer/Speaker/Mentor in Leadership, Communication and Cross Cultural Communication.
Passionate campaigner for closer western relations with India.
Stephen Manallack is a specialist on “Doing Business with India” and advisor/trainer on “Cross-Cultural Understanding”. He is a Director of EastWest Academy Pty Ltd which provides strategic advice and counsel regarding business relations with India.
A regular speaker in India on leadership and global communication, his most recent speaking tour included a speech to students of the elite Indian university, Amity University, in Noida. He also spoke at a major Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) global summit, the PR Consultants Association of India in Delhi, the Symbiosis University in Pune and Cross-Cultural Training for Sundaram Business Services in Chennai. He has visited India on business missions on 10 occasions and led three major trade missions there. He provides cross-cultural training – Asia and the west.
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