V.S. Seshadri - Volume II, Issue 2

DPG is deeply committed to the growth of India’s national power and purpose, the security and prosperity of the people of India and India’s contributions to the global public good. [...] Consequently there will be a significant drop in trade (-70%) between the Eastern and Western groups, but the value of trade within the Eastern group more than doubles and the value of trade within the Western group rises by 40%. [...] That said, the suggestion in the report for greater clarity on the use of the security exception in the WTO rulebook merits consideration. [...] The MOU signed between RITES and the Abu Dhabi Ports Group in particular aims to bring about mutual engagement with the objective of exploring potential opportunities of joint cooperation for working together in the upcoming IMEEC, and in the areas of infrastructure development such as the multi-modal logistics parks, free trade zones, rail connectivity projects and logistics infrastructure servic. [...] The US officials also called on Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, who reportedly told the delegation12 that the two sides should implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state at their San Francisco meeting and called for China and the US to deepen exchanges and cooperate through the China-US Economic Working Group to stabilise and develop bilateral economic ties.