I last wrote a blog in November 25 and though globally, politically lots of stuff happened, personally, professionally I just could not sit down to pen my thoughts. Finally, I pushed myself today to write. Trade Deals: After a landmark trade deal with UK in mid-2025, India signed one with European Union in January’26 and in February’26, Donald Trump as usual unilaterally announced that a trade deal was agreed which India did not contradict and instead followed up with confirmations. Even if the USA trade deal were to be inked, the deal has no sanctity given the whimsical negotiating strategy of POTUS. The global political order has changed, and Trump is rewriting every single rule there is in life. The risk in this is that if some other global leader inspired or frustrated decides to react equally whimsically, this new normal can get formalised and change the world forever. If on the other hand, the rest hold their horses/ tongue, we can see a calibrated return to status quo ante in th...
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