New Delhi (TIP): India should remain patient and avoid making early concessions in its ongoing trade negotiations with the United States, as Washington’s current negotiating style relies heavily on strategic uncertainty and issue-linking to maximise leverage, according to an SBI Ecowrap research report released on Friday, July 10.
The report argues that the US administration is using uncertainty as a bargaining tool not only in trade but also across NATO, Iran, China and Greenland, making ambiguity itself a source of negotiating power.
“US Administration is using uncertainty as a bargaining instrument across NATO, Iran, tariffs, Greenland, China and also India,” the report said, adding that in game-theory terms Washington is “preserving incomplete information about the ‘type’ of bargaining.”
According to SBI Research, India occupies a unique position in the evolving global strategic landscape, lying between NATO allies that depend heavily on American security guarantees and China, which possesses substantial counter-leverage through critical minerals, manufacturing and supply chains. While India does not enjoy China’s concentrated bargaining power, it still has significant strengths in the form of its large domestic market, technology talent, pharmaceutical sector, defence procurement, energy options, diaspora influence and strategic importance in the Indo-Pacific, the report noted. Source: ANI
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