Congress Attributes India’s Pax Silica Absence to Trump-Modi Relations What is the Nine-Nation Initiative?

NEW DELHI: Congress criticized Prime Minister Modi for India’s exclusion from the US-led “Pax Silica” initiative, attributing it to deteriorating Trump-Modi relations. Pax Silica aims to reduce Chinese dominance in high-tech supply chains and includes countries like Japan, the UK, and Australia, but not India. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh noted that India’s absence is unsurprising given recent geopolitical shifts. Meanwhile, PM Modi described a recent phone call with Trump as “warm,” although trade issues were not discussed.

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