What’s Brewing in 2025? The Toastiest Nation Is… India!
If the world were a cricket stadium in Dubai, everyone’s trying to understand which side is batting and which side is setting up new trade barriers. But nowhere is the scent of upheaval more pronounced than in the steaming Indian teacup - where Operation Sindoor’s glow still tingles on the tongue and foreign policy officials practice fenceside swing shots in the new tariff playoffs. Tariff Playoffs - Boundary Sixes and Googlies Only! India’s Ministry of External Affairs officials have taken “hitting it over the fence” to a new bureaucratic level, sending their counterparts scrambling with diplomatic googlies whenever tariffs get too spicy. American officials trying to impose a 50% tariff on Indian exports barely have time to pad up before being told, “Please check the latest Sindoor - flavour export regulation - aroma non-refundable”. Or, the Corn deal for Ethanol, or the 30 to 0% Pharma deal with China, or the BRIC in the wall. Add to it the tightrope walking which Pa...