Tag: economy

  • Andhra Pradesh Seals ₹18,400 Crore Investment Pacts with Taiwanese Firms

    By Aditya Shrivastava/ The Indo-Pacific Politics The Andhra Pradesh government has announced investment commitments worth approximately ₹18,400 crore from Taiwanese-linked companies to establish an advanced battery manufacturing complex and an India-Taiwan industrial park. These investments are expected to position the state as an emerging hub for high-technology manufacturing and electronics-linked industries. Details of the Investments…

  • Development, Economy, Culture are 3 Pillars of India-Taiwan Ties Today: Former Indian Dpty. NSA

    SD Pradhan has earlier served as the chairman of India’s Joint Intelligence Committee. He has also been the country’s deputy national security adviser. He was chairman of the Task Force on Intelligence Mechanism (2008-2010), which was constituted to review the functioning of India’s intelligence agencies. He has taught at the departments of defense studies and…

  • India-Taiwan can Build a More Stable, Diversified Semicon Global Supply Chain in Next 5-years: Industry Leader

    Manik Kumar is currently based in Hsinchu, Taiwan and is working as the Vice President – India Operations at Hua E Precision Ltd (Group). He’s also serving as the Associate Director for the ELCINA Taiwan Desk, the liaison office established by the Electronic Industries Association of India (ELCINA) to build closer partnerships between the Semiconductor / electronics industries…

  • Why is Taiwan Seeking a Free Trade Agreement with India?

    By Aditya Shrivastava/The Indo-Pacific Politics India-Taiwan relations have steadily matured since the mid-1990s, marked by economic engagement, pragmatic collaboration, and quiet diplomacy amid the One-China policy constraints. While India does not formally recognize Taiwan diplomatically, both sides maintain representative offices the India-Taipei Association in Taipei and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in New Delhi…

  • India’s Two-Track Week: Anchoring with Japan, Engaging at the SCO

    By Rupal Kalebere Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visits to Tokyo and Tianjin in late August and early September 2025 highlight a new phase in India’s Asia strategy. These were not separate or contradictory events. Instead, they reflect two sides of the same approach: India is strengthening its partnership with Japan to build economic and technological…

  • Modi’s Tokyo Visit: India and Japan Deepen Ties Amid U.S. Trade Frictions and China’s Assertiveness

    By Rupal Kalebere Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Tokyo visit for the 15th India–Japan Annual Summit, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator abruptly canceled his trip to Washington. Ryosei Akazawa had been scheduled for a 10th round of talks with the Trump administration on automobile tariffs and a massive $550 billion Japanese investment pledge. The cancellation…

  • Ahead of Modi’s Japan Trip Expert Says Japan Seeks Diverse Allies that are ‘More into Sovereignty than Hegemony’

    Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will travel to Japan today evening for a two-day summit beginning tomorrow. Among many significant things happening between the two countries is the Japanese intent to invest $68 billion in India in the next ten years and an agreement to exchange over 500,000 people in the next five years. The…

  • America’s Grand Strategy and its Recent Behaviour Towards India

    By Venus Upadhayaya How can a strategy take a drastic shift without a plan. The recent shift in America’s behaviour towards India may not be just limited to Trump’s personal behaviour but would actually come from the evolving American Grand Strategy characterised by a shift from Indo-Pacific focus to Eurasian pivot. I started to think…

  • Industry Analysis of Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry In Wake of Trump Tariffs

    Dr. Ashwath Rao is a senior research analyst at Counterpoint Research. Counterpoint Technology is a global firm providing analytics, content, delivery or after-sales support to businesses in AI, Semiconductors, Automotive, loT & cloT, Consumer Electronics, eSIM, Smartphones, Manufacturing, Network and Infrastructure etc. Dr. Rao’s expertise spans wafer fabrication equipment (WFE), foundry and memory process technologies,…

  • What India Needs for Its Semiconductor Vision? How Can Taiwan Help it?

    Parv Sharma is a Senior Analyst with Counterpoint Technology based out of India. Counterpoint Technology is a global firm providing analytics, content, delivery or after-sales support to businesses in AI, Semiconductors, Automotive, loT & cloT, Consumer Electronics, eSIM, Smartphones, Manufacturing, Network and Infrastructure etc. The Indo-Pacific Politics talked with Parv Sharma to get an industry…