China, India, Russia consider joint front to counter Trump’s trade war

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Leaders of the three countries will hold their second trilateral meet during G-20 summit in Osaka

China on Monday confirmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will hold their second trilateral summit in Osaka to counter the headwinds of protectionism radiating from the United States.

During a media briefing on the upcoming two day G-20 summit in Osaka that begins on June 28, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Jun said that the meeting of the three heavyweight leaders, who had recently met at Bishkek at the Shanghai Cooperation Organsiation (SCO) summit, was of “great significance.”

He also signalled that the top-level trilateral mechanism of the Russia, India, and China (RIC) had now become institutionalised.

“Indeed, during the Osaka summit, the leaders of China, Russia and India will have a trilateral meeting. The mechanism of the China, India, Russia trilateral meeting has maintained a sound momentum of development,” Mr. Zhang observed.

“Last year during the Buenos Aires G-20 summit, the leaders of three countries also had a meeting. And this time, given the current international landscape, the meeting of the three leaders is also of great significance,” he said, when asked to comment on the geopolitical and geo-economic significance of the trilateral summit.

Without naming the U.S., the Chinese diplomat stressed that ahead of the summit, the “international community has fully recognised the repercussions of unilateralism, protectionism and bullying practices”.

China’s Vice-Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen, who also briefed the media, asserted, in reference to Washington, that “some individual country has been insisting on unilateralism, protectionism, abusing trade remedial measures (and) national security exceptionalism. That country has slapped tariffs on its trading partners, causing major threat to global trade, investment and economic growth”.

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The trio will meet again in September in Vladivostok for the Eastern Economic Forum where Mr. Modi will be the chief guest.

Apart for adding weight to the global significance of Eurasia, the trilateral meeting in Osaka would also have a positive impact on bilateral relations, Mr. Zhang said.

“As you know, China’s relations with India and Russia are showing a sound momentum of growth, and the leaders of the three countries have also maintained close exchanges. At the recently concluded SCO summit and the CICA summit, and also other meetings (that are) taking place of the leaders of the three countries...it is important for the three countries to strengthen coordination of major global issues and jointly uphold multilateralism, oppose protectionism and deepen cooperation on multilateral and international affairs to make important contribution to global peace,” he noted.

The Chinese official asserted that the Osaka trilateral can also strengthen ties “at the bilateral level,” and “will produce positive outcomes”.

China would also provide leadership to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which has continued to “grey list” Pakistan, because Islamabad had been found wanting in curbing terror financing. However, China, which was about to chair the FATF, would conduct “a strategic review” of the organisation and adopt a “clear responsive strategy,” a Chinese official said.

Chinese officials also made it plain that during the Osaka summit, which is taking place in the teeth of a trade war with the U.S., Beijing would back a revamp of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and bat for reform of the global financial system, under the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Referring to the meeting of the Brazil- Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) countries on the sidelines of the G-20, Mr. Zhang hoped that in view of uncertainty in the global economy, BRICS would play “a bigger role in upholding multilateralism, an open and non-discriminatory trading system, building an opening economy and (contributing to) world economic governance.”


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[The Accountant]

Interesting. So will India come to senses of not being USA pawn in the region ?

Will USA continue to support India unconditionally after they bed with China and Russia in trade war?

India cant have it both ways that it side China in trade war and sides USA in military conflict ...

 

[Quibbler]

Interesting. So will India come to senses of not being USA pawn in the region ?

Will USA continue to support India unconditionally after they bed with China and Russia in trade war?

India cant have it both ways that it side China in trade war and sides USA in military conflict ...

India will. This is a sign of a good foreign policy inspite of having little to offer. Obviously Pakistan will feel this isnt possible, they always put all their eggs in one basket, earlier it was USA and now its China..

 

[Riyaz Syed]

Russia is getting close with Pakistan. China is allies with Pakistan.

India largest exports are to USA. And many Indian work in the US.

India cannot join Russia China

 

[manga]

Interesting. So will India come to senses of not being USA pawn in the region ?

Will USA continue to support India unconditionally after they bed with China and Russia in trade war?

India cant have it both ways that it side China in trade war and sides USA in military conflict ...

Getting in bed with china or russia is never a intention of india, others can keep dreaming of getting in bed with them.

India will think of itself only and formulate the policies accordingly. We neither want to be into the camp of US , nor Russia china. We want to be in our own camp.

Minnow nations think all the time of getting close to russia or US. And India is not one of them.

 

[The Accountant]

Getting in bed with china or russia is never a intention of india, others can keep dreaming of getting in bed with them.

India will think of itself only and formulate the policies accordingly. We neither want to be into the camp of US , nor Russia china. We want to be in our own camp.

Minnow nations think all the time of getting close to russia or US. And India is not one of them.

Lolzzz ... Indians are so dillusional ...

Yet whenever we humiliate you, you cant do anything but to complain uncle SAM

India will. This is a sign of a good foreign policy inspite of having little to offer. Obviously Pakistan will feel this isnt possible, they always put all their eggs in one basket, earlier it was USA and now its China..

Lolz , when will you wakeup?

 

[Cobra Arbok]

Pakistanis don't seem to understand that unlike them, we aren't anyone's slave that is willing to constantly be internationally humiliated to please its masters. and that we actually have an independent foreign policy. India will do whatever benefits its strategic interests, whether it means supporting the US, China, or Russia. It is not like those countries have a choice, because they all need India to complete their goals of dominating the Indo-Pacific due considering India has the most strategic position in the region and controls two of the world's most important trade routes. This means we can do whatever we want.

 

[The Accountant]

Pakistanis don't seem to understand that unlike them, we aren't anyone's slave that is willing to constantly be internationally humiliated to please its masters. and that we actually have an independent foreign policy. India will do whatever benefits its strategic interests, whether it means supporting the US, China, or Russia. It is not like those countries have a choice, because they all need India to complete their goals of dominating the Indo-Pacific due considering India has the most strategic position in the region and controls two of the world's most important trade routes. This means we can do whatever we want.

And then you wake up