This refers to the editorial “Not without purpose” (December 4). It has rightly been pointed out that meetings that took place on the sidelines of the G20 in Buenos Aires summit resulted in some tangible gains. Temporary truce between the US and China in the ongoing trade war and signing of successor treaty of the North American Free Trade
Agreement (Nafta) were two positive developments that would comfort the world. Both these events bear the imprints of US President Donald Trump and show that he is setting the agenda in world trade, at least for now.
India too used this opportunity by