Mr. Warner said that no Indian or U.S. company could alone compete with the Chinese industrial model which he described as ‘authoritarian capitalism’. Mr. Biden had earlier this week said the U.S. would engage other democracies on trade, so China did not get the upper hand. “I think both India and the United States need to rethink that supply chain,” Mr. Warner said. On immigration, Mr. Cornyn said he thought there should be a rebalancing towards more of a merit-based immigration system. “Cutting and running in Afghanistan will be a disaster,” Mr. Warner said.

Source: The Hindu November 18, 2020 18:39 UTC