Can Obama's visit lift India-US trade ties out of gloom?
January 19, 2015 11:55
The visit of United States President Barack Obama to India, as the first American leader to be chief guest at the Republic Day parade, has raised high expectations.
Perhaps too high, as the difficulties that bedevil the United States-India bilateral relationship are difficult indeed to overcome.
While the two countries retain a common view of the world in many ways, and the desire to balance a rising China remains the unspoken lynchpin of ever stronger co-operation between New Delhi and Washington, the many roadblocks in the path cannot be wished away -- especially since these obstacles are essentially a product of bureaucratic slowness and contradictions that are inherent to both capitals.
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Perhaps too high, as the difficulties that bedevil the United States-India bilateral relationship are difficult indeed to overcome.
While the two countries retain a common view of the world in many ways, and the desire to balance a rising China remains the unspoken lynchpin of ever stronger co-operation between New Delhi and Washington, the many roadblocks in the path cannot be wished away -- especially since these obstacles are essentially a product of bureaucratic slowness and contradictions that are inherent to both capitals.
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