India and Australia: Reciprocity, mutuality, and promise


India has long had a reputation in Australia as being a challenging negotiator that may not share the same enthusiasm for concluding free trade agreements. India may argue that Australia has generally failed to understand the drivers of obvious offensive and defensive interests in the relationship, can sometimes be short-term and transactional, and not always recognise the disparate expectations of an emerging high-context nation with a diverse population over 55 times that of Australia’s.

Read more: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/india-and-australia-reciprocity-mutuality-and-promise

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: MEAphotogallery/Flickr)