India-China mistrust will endure despite key step

Significance Two days earlier, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced a seemingly key development regarding the India-China border stand-off in the western Himalayas that began in 2020: an agreement on “patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control”. Impacts Joint ventures with the Indian side holding a majority stake will increase in Indian sectors Delhi deems non-sensitive. Indian imports of Chinese components will rise. The two countries will try to intensify efforts to settle wider border issues.