The European Union released its Joint Communication on a New Strategic Agenda with India this September, a significant move to shape a stable, multi-polar order. For the EU, this is a comprehensive and high-confidence offer grounded in its regulatory power. For New Delhi, the process is both promising and a rigorous test of its strategic autonomy, regulatory adaptability, and negotiating agility...
With Lessons from the Netherlands Corridor Quick Take: The Partnership Blueprint Global expansion isn’t what it used to be. The old playbook of exporting products into foreign markets is losing steam. Today, real growth comes when companies treat international markets not as sales targets, but as partners in innovation. Nowhere is this shift more visible than in India. With its vast digital...
Introduction — A Shift You Could Feel, Not Just Measure “Trade creates wealth and reduces conflict. It is not a zero-sum game.” — Pascal Lamy In the last 19 years, I’ve worked in and around global trade — tracking FDI flows, supporting international partnerships, and quietly celebrating when India raised sectoral caps or countries eased visa rules. Every such change felt like progress...
