What US and India share: India compares remarkably well with China on several issues Trump is agitated about

It is tempting to put President Donald Trump’s state visit to India today and tomorrow in historical context, such as that it is the 20th anniversary of Bill Clinton’s visit or that it is a “return” gesture by Trump, who obviously relished the huge outpouring of favourable sentiment during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “jugalbandi” visit to Houston in September 2019.

Yet, this is not the most compelling way to think of the upcoming Modi-Trump meeting in India. Looming over the February meeting is the ominous shadow cast by China on the world stage, affecting both India and the United States.

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Editor's note:

Originally published on Times of India on Feb. 24, 2020.

By
Professors Jagdish Bhagwati and Pravin Krishna
February 27, 2020