Construction at the site of the Foxconn Apple Project in Bengaluru, India. Foxconn is the main contract manufacturer for Apple, which has become a touchstone for India’s China Plus One approach.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been moving to align India with the United States and freeze out China. Now, efforts to rebuild ties between the Asian giants are gaining momentum.
With threats of tariffs up to 50 percent, President Trump seems to be scrapping America’s plan to turn India into a counterweight to China, declaring instead that it is a “dead economy.”
President Trump accused India of aiding Moscow’s war on Ukraine by purchasing Russian energy, derailing trade talks between India and the United States.
President Trump’s attacks on the group of emerging economies, which includes Brazil, Russia and China, have put one member — India — in an uncomfortable spot.