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India’s economy can drive global growth and excite investors

Geopolitics is in India’s favour and its growing wealth will have positive spillover effects for the world

Leslie Yee

Leslie Yee

Published Tue, Jul 19, 2022 · 12:51 PM
    • Big investments are being made to boost India's manufacturing sector by its leading conglomerates, including Tata.
    • Big investments are being made to boost India's manufacturing sector by its leading conglomerates, including Tata. REUTERS

    THE battle for supremacy between the US and China could dominate geopolitics over the next few decades.  

    With big domestic markets, strategic allies and technological prowess, these two powers should see their economies grow, but possibly not at rates that will help turbocharge the global economy.

    Since China began to open up and reform its economy in 1978, its gross domestic product (GDP) has grown by an average of close to 10 per cent a year. China’s growth has made it the top trading partner of many Asian countries.

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