India in a Fragmenting World: Trade, Technology and Economic Security

The shifting global dynamics—alongside the ambition to emerge as a global economic powerhouse—is causing India to recalibrate its strategy and renew its focus on trade policy.

India in a Fragmenting World: Trade, Technology and Economic Security by The Hindu offers a penetrating analysis of this new reality and the choices India must make as it confronts a series of urgent external challenges, ranging from punitive tariffs and energy sanctions to the very nature of modern trade.

This e-book critically evaluates the evolution of modern free trade agreements from simple tariff reductions to complex policy deals involving carbon taxes and data governance. It also explores the phenomenal, yet fragile, success of India’s services sector, highlighting the pressing need to modernise urban infrastructure and educational institutions to sustain the competitive advantage in an AI-driven future.

From the highly politicised trade dynamics with the United States, to the persistent economic dependence on Chinese imports, and the pragmatic yet controversial pursuit of energy security through Russian partnerships, this collection offers insights into everything India is doing and must do to become a resilient, technologically advanced economy in this new world order.