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A 2030 VISION FOR INDIA’S ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY Observer Research Foundation 20 Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area New Delhi, India 110002 [email protected] www.orfonline.org ORF provides non-partisan, independent analyses on matters of security, strategy, economy, development, energy and global governance to diverse decision-makers including governments, business communities, academia and civil society. ORF’s mandate is to conduct in-depth research, provide inclusive platforms, and invest in tomorrow’s thought leaders today. Editing and Production: Preeti Lourdes John Design and Layout: Made of Us and Simijaison Designs ISBN: 978-93-90494-45-3 Citation: Malancha Chakrabarty and Navdeep Suri, eds, A 2030 Vision for India’s Economic Diplomacy (New Delhi: ORF and Global Policy Journal, 2021). 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Governments are now confronted with a massive health crisis, a socio- economic crisis, and geopolitical rivalry. According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates, global output and global trade contracted by 3.5 percent and 9.6 percent respectively in 2020 (2). IMF projects a recovery based on additional policy support in large economies and a strengthening of economic activity on the back of a successful roll-out of vaccines, but global activity is likely to remain below pre-COVID-19 levels and the strength of the projected recovery will vary across countries. The most severe impact of the pandemic was on jobs and livelihoods. According to International Labour Organisation estimates, about 5.4 percent of global working hours were lost in the first quarter of 2020, equivalent to 155 million full-time jobs (3). Even a stronger-than-expected recovery will not lead to a complete restoration of all jobs lost during the pandemic. In developing countries, a substantial proportion of workers are employed in the informal sector and lack social protection and income support measures, and as a result, many households risk falling into poverty. The pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to the sustainable development agenda. Many of the gains made in recent decades in the areas of health, education, hunger and poverty are being offset by the pandemic. For instance, the UN estimates that nearly 71 million people were pushed into extreme poverty in 2020 (4). Not only has COVID-19 set back efforts to realise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but there is also little clarity on what kind of global order will emerge in the aftermath of the pandemic. Economic nationalism and trade protectionism is on the rise, and even UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has criticised such actions, saying “The pandemic is a clear test of international cooperation — a test we have essentially failed (5).” Long before the COVID-19 vaccinations had completed clinical trials, several advanced countries like the US, UK, Japan, Canada and the European Union (EU) had procured millions of doses of the vaccines. Developed countries Page 7 A 2030 VISION FOR INDIA’S ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY are prioritising their vaccination programmes while many of the poorest countries are struggling to procure vaccine doses. Long hailed as the ‘pharmacy of the world’, India is exporting vaccines as grants to poor countries under its ‘Vaccine Maitri’ programme (6). As a developing country with a large population, India is facing numerous challenges in the wake of the pandemic. Yet it came forward to help other countries and supplied food aid to African countries and essential medicines, test kits and other equipment to over 90 countries. Over a year since the pandemic hit, it is clear that the global political and economic landscape has been completely altered. The old ways of interacting with the world are unlikely to work in the post-pandemic world, and India must rethink its economic diplomacy programme for the next decade. So far, India’s economic diplomacy has largely been anchored in its neighbourhood and has been shaped by solidarity with existing associations and partnerships. Although international cooperation and solidarity will remain the guiding principles, India’s future economic diplomacy will have to be located in a new geopolitical dimension that goes far beyond the impulse of the Bandung era. India will need to craft new strategies for engagement in the global economy and forge new alliances. While building its new economic diplomacy programme for the next decade, India must be mindful of critical challenges like climate change, food insecurity and the disruptions caused by new technology. With a large young population, a faltering economy and huge development challenges, India is at a critical point in its growth trajectory. To promote its development interests, India must overhaul its approach to economic diplomacy. It must move beyond government-to-government negotiations and agreements to include more plural and diverse stakeholders, such as representatives from the private sector, academia, philanthropic institutions and civil society, most of whom will be operating in distant locations. Economic diplomacy necessitates a collective beyond the government that will place brand India at the centre of all diplomatic relations. Just as China brought to the economic diplomacy table its gargantuan infrastructure capabilities, the US its engineering, design and tech prowess, and the EU offered regulatory and capacity building, India must bring a core offering that encapsulates exactly what makes ‘Brand India’ unique. India became a service sector economy while still a developing nation; it is only prudent to see services as a ‘global public good’ that India can provide to the world. Brand India has much to offer—from vaccines and affordable medicines to sustainable development solutions and low-cost renewable Page 8 A 2030 VISION FOR INDIA’S ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY energy opportunities. The economic diplomacy architecture must now start engaging with what the country can offer to the world while keeping the SDG and climate agenda as its core, and India Tech as a vital offering that will underpin India’s growth story in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Given the existing global challenges and India’s international aspirations, this volume aims to spell out what India’s economic diplomacy should look like over the next decade. Section I paves a roadmap for India’s relations with major countries and geographies. Dhruva Jaishankar situates India’s relationship with the US, India’s most important economic partner, along five dimensions–trade, migration, capital flows, technology, and standards and regulations. Madhu Bhalla explores the future of India’s economic partnership with China in the wake of the Ladakh standoff, India’s blocking of Chinese apps, and the heightened discourse around decoupling from Chinese-dominated supply chains. Ankita Dutta trains the spotlight on India’s economic and trade relations with the EU and the growing importance of India-EU development partnerships. Natasha Jha Bhaskar examines India’s growing centrality in the Indo-Pacific region and its ability to build an inclusive and integrated region with like-minded countries. Talmiz Ahmad discusses India’s relations with the Gulf and recommends closer partnership in several new areas such as clean energy and digitisation. Malancha Chakrabarty traces India’s growing economic engagement with Africa, India’s oldest ally, and suggests ways to invigorate economic and development links with the continent. Section II attempts to outline India’s policy position on key issues. The pandemic has exacerbated the twin challenges of food and nutrition security, with serious implications on the ability to achieve the second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), zero hunger. Priya Rampal highlights India’s vulnerability to food insecurity and agrarian crisis, and its role in global food security through food aid and technology partnerships.
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