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Critically assess the evolving convergence of India and China in the areas of trade and environment.

  • UPSC 2018
  • 15 marks
  • India and the Global Centres of Power

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The convergence in question is one of positions in global regimes, not of bilateral harmony. As large developing economies under pressure from a Western-written rulebook, India and China have repeatedly stood together in the WTO and climate negotiations, a coalition of interest in the liberal-institutionalist sense, even as their rivalry deepened. The record shows convergence…

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  • Trade: aligned in the regime
  • Environment: the deeper convergence
  • The limits of convergence
  • Conclusion
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