News Summary

• Donald Trump seems to fear doing anything that might jeopardize the prospects of a summit and trade deal with China’s leader, Xi Jinping.
• The president talks about China as an economic rival but rarely as a strategic one.
• For 25 years, Republicans and Democrats were committed to deepening ties with Delhi, which has long had suspicions about America but is even more concerned about China's rise.
• Under the Biden administration, U.S. cooperation with India reached a historic high, yielding agreements on defense production, technology, and civil nuclear regulations.