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India and China are discussing<\/a> resuming border trade five years after it was halted, foreign ministry officials on both sides have said, as US tariffs disrupt the global trade order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past trade across the icy and high-altitude Himalayan border passes between the neighbours was usually small in volume, but any resumption is significant for its symbolism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two major economic powers have long competed for strategic influence across South Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But caught in global trade and geopolitical turbulence triggered by US President Donald Trump\u2019s tariff regime<\/a>, the countries have moved to mend ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is expected to hold talks in New Delhi on Monday, according to Indian media, after his counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar visited Beijing in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That, as well as agreements to resume direct flights and issue tourist visas, has been seen as an effort to rebuild a relationship damaged after a deadly border clash<\/a> in 2020 between their nations\u2019 troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor a long time, China-India border trade cooperation has played an important role in improving the lives of people living along the border,\u201d China\u2019s foreign ministry said in a statement to AFP<\/em> on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It added that the two sides have \u201creached a consensus on cross-border exchanges and cooperation, including resumption of border trade\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Delhi\u2019s junior foreign minister, Kirti Vardhan Singh, told parliament last week that \u201cIndia has engaged with the Chinese side to facilitate the resumption of border trade\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No restart date was given by either side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Successive US administrations have seen India as a longstanding ally with like-minded interests when it comes to China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India is part of the Quad security alliance with the United States, as well as Australia and Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But ties between New Delhi and Washington have been strained by Trump\u2019s ultimatum for India to end its purchases of Russian oil, a key source of revenue for Moscow as it wages its military offensive in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States will double new import tariffs on India from 25 per cent to 50pc by August 27 if New Delhi does not switch crude suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to Indian media, might also visit China in late August. It would be Modi\u2019s first visit since 2018, although it has not been confirmed officially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beijing has said that \u201cChina welcomes<\/a> Prime Minister Modi\u201d for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit opening on August 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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