Economic Development
ORF America
The India-EU Trade Deal: Two Billion People, ...

By Marta Bengoa

The India-EU free trade agreement will connect over two billion people across a market representing nearly a quarter of global GDP. But the real story isn't about size. It's about timing. After seventeen years of false starts and negotiations, both parties finally grasped what's at stake: in a world fragmenting between Washington's capricious tariffs and Beijing's economic coercion, this deal is economic insurance.

The India-EU Trade Deal: Two Billion People, One Economic Hedge
Energy & Climate
ORF America
How Australia, Canada, and India Can Reshape ...

By Holly Stevens and Siddharth Sharma

As demand for electric vehicles, battery storage, clean energy systems, and advanced technologies continues to accelerate, Australia’s resource base and mining history, Canada’s resource base as well as its mining and industrial capabilities, and India’s market scale and commitment to value-added manufacturing could support diversification across multiple stages of the value chain.

How Australia, Canada, and India Can Reshape Critical Minerals Supply Chains
Economic Development
ORF America
Trump's Greenland Reversal: From Tariff Threats ...

By Marta Bengoa

Speaking at Davos, Trump first ruled out using military force to acquire Greenland (after weeks of refusing to do so), then hours later announced what he called a "framework of a future deal" with NATO on Arctic security. Whether the framework leads to substantive Arctic security cooperation or remains another example of Trump declaring victory without achieving objectives, the damage to transatlantic economic relations has been done.

Trump's Greenland Reversal: From Tariff Threats to Negotiation
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
The Importance of U.S.-India Cooperation on ...

By Ammar Nainar

For the first time in a defense framework agreement, India and the United States specified “operational coordination” as an objective for enhancing collaboration in Professional Military Education (PME) and training. While earlier exchanges largely involved India borrowing best practices from the United States, recent cooperation between the two countries has emphasized greater joint activities and operations.

The Importance of U.S.-India Cooperation on Professional Military Education and Training
Technology Policy
ORF America
Cybersecurity as Economic Security: The Case ...

By Krishnaveni Palanivelu

Cybersecurity must be treated as a shared economic security challenge. By aligning standards, strengthening cooperation, and embedding cyber resilience into trade, infrastructure, and foreign policy, democracies like the United States and India can better protect their digital foundations and sustain long-term economic stability. 

Cybersecurity as Economic Security: The Case for U.S.-India Coordination

Economic Development

What Links the U.S. Elections and Bangladesh Turmoil? Jobs.

What Links the U.S. Elections and Bangladesh Turmoil? Jobs.

By Anit Mukherjee

The lack of jobs and job creation has not only sparked the recent student protests in Bangladesh but also has raised concern among voters in the United States as the 2024 presidential election nears. How can both the United States and Bangladesh tackle the shortcomings of their national job markets for incoming youth?

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