Don't ignore RCEP: India must re-examine markets to the east

As United States President Donald Trump ensured that the G-7 meeting in Quebec descended into schism, and deep divides over trade and tariffs split the Western alliance, India must re-examine its position on global and regional trade architecture swiftly. Relying on the World Trade Organisation or on existing trade connections is clearly a strategy whose time has passed. In this reconsideration, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, must play a major role. After all, the RCEP is unquestionably the next major frontier in economic integration. It connects the states of southeast Asia that are members of the Association of