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India-China mistrust will endure despite key step

Monday, October 28, 2024

Significance

Two days earlier, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced a seemingly key development regarding the India-China border stand-off in the western Himalayas that began in 2020: an agreement on “patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control”.

Impacts

  • Joint ventures with the Indian side holding a majority stake will increase in Indian sectors Delhi deems non-sensitive.
  • Indian imports of Chinese components will rise.
  • The two countries will try to intensify efforts to settle wider border issues.

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