Review of India’s Chinese Investment Law Not Likely Soon: Senior Official

A 2023 file image of Indian Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran. (Photo by Amrendra Jha / The Times of India / The Times of India via AFP)

India’s Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said his government probably won’t review its law restricting Chinese investments soon. The law dates to the deadly 2020 border clash that sent the relationship into crisis.

He said both sides are taking their current normalization of ties slowly: “I don’t think it is something you would expect to see immediate results because both sides are crossing the river by feeling the stones, so to speak.”

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