From Ladakh to Taiwan, India and the US need a common China strategy

President Donald Trump has singled-handedly undercut a quarter-century of US–India partnership. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has every right to be furious. Rather than operate on principle, Trump deferred to lobbyist friends who put their own personal profit and Pakistan contracts above any objective reading of US national interest. Even if a case could be made for closer US–Pakistan partnership, the refusal of the White House to hold Pakistan to account for its terrorism against both the United States and India is inexcusable. Trump’s tariffs, while inconsistent, cost real money. Though the total tariff rate dropped from 50 per cent in…