Aperture a singhiozzo e un'economia che segnerà nel migliore dei casi un -5% per il 2020. Una situazione difficile per Modi, i cui piani di rilancio stentano a decollare, mentre il virus continua a diffondersi.
di Ugo Tramballi, ISPI
The EU and India share already strong trade and investment ties, with bilateral trade in goods and services exceeding EUR 100 billion; the EU accounts for 22% of India’s FDI inflows. Significant Indian investments have also taken place in the EU. The EU-India Summit on 15 July further emphasized the strength of bilateral ties setting out an ambitious Roadmap up to 2025 for our strategic partnership.
È accaduto anche negli Stati Uniti, in Israele, perfino nell’efficiente Corea del Sud. Superata l’emergenza sanitaria, grazie al lockdown, l’urgenza successiva era rimettere in moto l’economia. Ma in una dinamica che durerà a lungo – fino a che non sarà trovato e distribuito il vaccino – se non hai messo sotto controllo la pandemia e circoscritto ogni nuovo focolaio, una riapertura prematura permette al virus di tornare, costringendo l’economia a fermarsi di nuovo.
The standoff between India and China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), a disputed border between the two nuclear-armed powers, has been going on for a while. It has been a main story in South Asia, since at least 20 Indian soldiers were killed, while Beijing is yet to say anything on casualties, however it was reported that five PLA soldiers died as well. This has been the worst stand-off between the two regional powers in over 45 years.
Summits are occasions to provide a sense of direction and the 15th India-EU summit to be held in virtual mode on 15th July is no exception. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are fully aware that their meeting is taking place in unusual times when both India and EU are facing new challenges.
India and China are once again involved in a military incident over disputed borders.
Per la prima volta da decenni una delle schermaglie periodiche tra India e Cina lungo il confine himalayano provoca decine di morti. I due rivali asiatici sono sull’orlo di un conflitto?
Alla fine del loro secondo “summit informale” – ottobre dell’anno scorso, Mahalipuram nel Tamil Nadu – Narendra Modi e Xi Jinping, decisero che nel 2020 avrebbero dato il risalto dovuto al settantesimo anniversario delle relazioni indo-cinesi. Furono messi in programma 70 eventi ufficiali. Era il minimo che si potesse fare per l’amicizia fra i due giganti asiatici ai quali dovrebbe appartenere il XXI secolo: per le loro dimensioni, le crescite economiche e le ambizioni geopolitiche.
The expression ‘economic reforms’ is back in the governance lexicon of India. With the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) bringing nations to a physical slowdown if not a complete standstill, and jobs and GDP growth becoming collateral damage, the mere announcement and phraseology of reforms seems to have become a solution. Unfortunately, and perhaps its early days, communication rather than action, words rather than deeds, and tactics rather than strategy seems to be dominating the discourse.
On 5 August 2019, India's BJP-led central government changed the geographical and political status of Indian-administered Kashmir. Together with the abrogation of Article 370 and 35a that protected permanent residents’ exclusive rights over jobs, education and land, Kashmir was divided into two federally administered territories.
