India’s nascent rapprochement with China is being derailed by two Ts: tariffs and terrorism. When both countries announced their border agreement in October last year, there were limited expectations of a lasting reconciliation. The disengagement from two contested areas in the Himalayas fell well short of a de-escalation or de-induction of military forces along their disputed border. Nor did the agreement resolve any of the underlying grievances about territorial claims or water disputes, which threaten to flare up amid plans by Beijing to construct the world’s largest hydroelectric dam along the Brahmaputra River that traverses both countries.
Tariffs and terrorism are derailing China-India rapprochement | Lowy Institute
