Walter Russell Mead (“Saffron India Is an Opportunity and Danger,” Global View, Aug. 11) is correct: Foreign policy objectives link Washington to New Delhi, and this relationship ought to be cemented with economic ties. A predictable, low-tariff regime would reorient supply chains away from an inimical China toward a democratic India, while providing cheap imports that enhance the purchasing power of U.S. consumers. The biggest sticking point in any trade negotiation would be agricultural liberalization. Although only about...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 17, 2020 21:11 UTC