China Seeks Indian and Russian Backing for “New” Multilateral Trading System to Counter Donald Trump’s Protectionism

South China Morning Post

12 June 2019

China hopes to win Indian and Russian support in establishing a “new type” of “rules-based” and “multilateral” trade initiative at this week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy, a visiting fellow at the RSIS at NTU Singapore, said India’s concerns about Trump’s protectionist policies “are related to problems encountered by its IT services [sector], the imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminium, agriculture products and intellectual property rights”.

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