US-China Ties: India’s Concerns

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Context

• US President Joe Biden met Chinese President Xi Jinping at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

Details

• Biden called his discussion with Xi "candid and constructive" and emphasized that the "United States does not seek conflict."
• A stable relationship between the world’s two largest economies is not only good for the two economies but for the world said the US.

US-China Ties: What it means for India?

• There are always concerns in India about a ‘G-2’ or a Sino-American collaboration in Asia.
• Potential US-China understandings are bound to have a major impact, over the long term, on the evolution of the global rules on AI.
• India needs to pay close attention to some of the new areas of US-China engagement — such as regulating artificial intelligence (AI).
• Productive engagement with the Western capital should remain a high priority for India.
• India will also need to monitor the follow-up from the conversation between the two leaders on regional security issues in the Indo-Pacific, the current crisis in the Middle East, and the Ukraine war in Europe.
• India’s emphasis should be on taking advantage of the new possibilities to strengthen its ties with the US, maintaining its long-standing ties with Russia, and managing the difficult ties with China.

Final Word

• India’s own rise in the international system allows it to effectively handle any sudden shifts in great power relations.