Why India and China must take the lead in the Asia century

Nayyar, Dhiraj, East Asia Forum, 7 January 2018

Eighteen years ago, thousands of street protestors derailed a World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Seattle. The protestors denounced the forces of globalisation and the governments that promulgated them. At the dusk of 2017, a WTO ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires ended with a whimper as the United States led a general apathy towards free trade and globalisation.