INDIA-CHINA TRADE RELATION AND ITS CHANGING SCENARIO

Since the late 1950s, relations between India and china have been fraught with tension and conflict. Yet the two countries have recently enjoyed a significant improvement in bilateral relations. The BRICs countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) have shared a common experience of rapid and substantive economic change over the last decade. While economic growth has had varied consequences for India’s foreign policy, we focus on India-China relations, asking whether economic interdependent- dance could lead to more wide-ranging political cooperation between the two largest BRICs. This dyadic interaction is of great geopolitical significance: The two countries are home to over a third of the world’s population, have nuclear arsenals, and have been involved in an actual shooting war with each other. Moreover, the India-China case study can help us understand how the rising economic power of the BRICs may affect global stability. In the last decade, India and China have enjoyed the best bilateral relations since the early 1950s. Could new economic ties be impelling this improvement in their relationship