Overview

• Jaishankar’s first visit to China in five years included meetings with President Xi Jinping and calls for structured de-escalation along the Line of Actual Control during the SCO foreign ministers’ council.
• At the SCO meeting in Tianjin, India urged unified action against terrorism over the April Pahalgam killings, provoking Pakistan’s demand for proof of cross-border involvement.
• New Delhi is finalizing an interim trade agreement with the U.S. to counter Trump administration tariffs even as Beijing cautions against deals that could target its exports.
• China’s recent withdrawal of its engineers from Foxconn’s iPhone plants in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka has underscored Beijing’s readiness to use economic leverage.
• Revival talks for the Russia-India-China troika reflect India’s interest in a multipolar order as it readies for back-to-back QUAD and SCO leaders’ summits later this year.