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COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 14, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

China refuses to give up developing country status in WTO

Despite the Trump administration's strong protests against China's unfair trading advantages in the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Chinese representative ....

May 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , shipping , COVID-19 Daily Scan , WTO , Huawei , Jay Powell , PPP Loans , Coal , Food Security WHO , GDP growth target , France , Antibodies , Borders

Seminar on ‘Shipping, Ship-ownership and Shipbuilding in India: Policies, Praxis and Prospects’

A seminar was organised on the above topic on May 16, 2019 at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. It was a sequel to ongoing discussions on the need for greater impetus on the shipping, ship-ownership and shipbuilding sector of India....

June 13, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Seminars , shipping , Shipbuilding in India , Sea , Ports , India’s economy

International North-South Transit Corridor

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Transit Corridors Iran’s geographical location and proximity to India, make it an ideal transit hub for reaching Russia and CIS countries. The country is politically stable. It is also a fast growing economy. Its GDP is expected to grow b....

October 24, 2016 Economic Studies , Iran , Chabahar , North-South Transit Corridor , Bandar Abbas , India and CIS , shipping , railway corridor