From India recalibrating its foreign policy as ties with the US nosedived and Indian exporters weighing Russia as a viable market, to the UN chief calling famine in Gaza a “failure of humanity” and Iran and European countries agreeing to resume nuclear talks,

The rapprochement is not about Trump's tariffs, but easing tensions on the disputed Himalayan border, writes Harsh V. Pant.

Chinese Ambassador Xu Feihong said that the US had long benefited from free trade but was now using tariffs as bargaining chips. He stated that the US had imposed tariffs of up to 50% on India and that China firmly opposed it.

Already, China is on course to be in a significantly advantageous position vis-a-vis India after the August 27 secondary tariffs kick in.