Page 19 - Latest Updates on Quad
Best of BS Opinion: Flexible labour market, a dose of self-reliance & more
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
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Quad power
The grouping still needs a cohesive agenda and structure
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Quad nations to boost coordination to counter China in Indo-Pacific
India, US, Japan, Oz to boost coordination to counter China in Indo-Pacific
Pompeo calls for Quad to unite against Chinese coercion amid Covid crisis
Ahead of the event, Pompeo reiterated a charge made by the Trump administration that the coronavirus pandemic was made worse by a Chinese Communist Party's cover-up
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Quad nations to focus on ways to thwart China's aggression In Indo-Pacific
In recent months, the stance on China has hardened, especially due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which originated in Wuhan.
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Quad seeks to establish, promote, secure Indo-Pacific: Trump administration
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, is travelling to Tokyo next week to participate in the second Quad ministerial meet
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Pompeo to participate in QUAD ministerial meet in Japan on October 6
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Japan to attend the second meeting of the Quad foreign ministers
India, US, Japan, Australia hold meet on Indo-Pacific under Quad framework
The meeting took place in the backdrop of China's growing military assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region
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India, Japan, Australia working on a supply chain pact to counter China
The talks are at a working level currently, but Japan would like to bring them to a higher level at some point, according to a person in Tokyo
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Discussed holding future meeting in Quad format with Pompeo: Jaishankar
"Exchanged views on responding to the Coronavirus challenge. Discussed meeting in the Quad format in the near future," he said
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US-backed 'Quad' quietly gathers steam as way to balance China's might
The resurgence of the Quad -- first conceived more than a decade ago during the Bush administration -- reflects growing unease over Chinese President Xi Jinping's more assertive foreign policy
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