Indian Foreign Trade
Trumped up or down
Amiya Chandra
Pentagon Press
157 pages; Rs 295
And so it begins. Under the full glare of the international media, the two leaders lurched towards each other, embracing in an awkward bear hug, as they seek to define the broad contours of the relationship between the two countries under the new US presidency.
Compared to his meetings with the former US president, Barack Obama, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first meeting with Donald Trump was scarcely an extraordinary affair.
But coming on the heels of Mr Trump withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Paris climate accord and
