By Terri Chapman
ORF Expert Speak.
By Dhruva Jaishankar
For both India and New Zealand, their trade agreement represents, more than anything else, a risk mitigation strategy. Concerned about over-dependence on China and the United States as both producers and consumers — and the failure of multilateral trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization — New Delhi and Wellington have opted to bet on each other and bring a modicum of certainty to an uncertain world.
Special Report
Produced by the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) and ORF America
Special Report No. 8
By Dhruva Jaishankar, Ammar Nainar, and David Vallance
By Udaibir Das
For the first time in years, the Budget addresses not just who issues debt but also whether it actually trades afterwards. A new market-making framework for corporate bonds, accompanied by instruments that let investors take positions on bond performance without holding the bonds, marks a departure from India's longstanding focus on issuance while ignoring liquidity.
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