Dragon perturbed by Modi-Trump’s ‘grand deal’, China trapped in Trump’s tariff war:

News India Live, Digital Desk: Tariff rates for India have been reduced after the telephone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump. reduced from 25% to 18% Has been done. While India is welcoming this decision as ‘historic’, China has termed it as ‘divisive policy’ of America. Chinese government media and experts have also raised questions on Trump’s claims that India will buy American oil instead of Russian oil.

China experts’ view: “America’s transactional diplomacy”

China’s official newspaper ‘Global Times’ and Beijing’s strategists have made many important comments regarding this deal:

Unstable Alliance: Chinese experts believe that Trump’s policies are ‘transactional’. His argument is that the concessions that America is giving to India today can also be withdrawn tomorrow.

Questions on strategic autonomy: China has taken a dig at Trump’s claim that India will no longer buy oil from Russia. Beijing is seeing this as US pressure on India’s sovereignty.

Regional Imbalance: China fears that the tariff exemption given to India (18%) will give it a huge advantage in the US market over Chinese products (which have a 34% tariff).

Tariff math: India ‘in’, China ‘out’

After the new policy of Trump administration, the tariff gap for Asian countries has now increased significantly:

China’s biggest concern: ‘China + 1’ strategy

According to India’s Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V. Ananth Nageswaran, this deal ‘China+1’ The policy has got wings again. China fears that:

Global companies will now rapidly shift their manufacturing base from China to India.

India will become the main partner of America in important sectors like semiconductor, AI and pharma.

American initiatives like ‘Pax Silica’ can isolate China in the world of technology.