Overview

• Speaking at a Global South meeting, S. Jaishankar urged countries to cut reliance on single suppliers by building resilient, diversified supply chains and deepening South–South trade and technology links.
• He called for fair and transparent economic practices and for sharing proven approaches in vaccines, digital tools and agro-practices to strengthen collective development.
• Warning that multilateralism is being weakened, he sought reforms of the United Nations and wider institutions that he said are being rendered ineffective or deprived of resources.
• At an ORF panel in New York, he said self-reliance, technology, multipolarity and South–South cooperation reinforce one another as trade adapts to tariff and non‑tariff barriers through physical and digital efficiencies.
• Workforce frictions surfaced as ORF America’s executive director cited employer concerns following H‑1B fee increases, with Jaishankar noting that visa policies remain sovereign decisions.