Seventy years after the Indian subcontinent was partitioned by the departing British, Pakistan’s Sikhs say neither India nor Pakistan feels like home for a young generation searching for peace and security elsewhere. Sikhs form a tiny minority in Pakistan and most live in the conservative northwest that borders Afghanistan. For centuries they lived in peace with their Muslim countrymen until jihad and Islamic radicalism turned their neighbors against them. Relations with Hindus, meanwhile, broke down in 1984 when Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards. Some Pakistani Sikhs say they are eyed with suspicion in both countries, and that young people now want to move away from the subcontinent entirely. The Hindu August 14, 2017
The post-Brexit transition proposal also pushes for right to negotiate bilateral trade deals. The British government wants to remain part of the European Union customs union for a number of years, as part of transition arrangements, while still being able to negotiate trade deals with countries such as India. it states, arguing that it would push for a “highly streamlined” customs arrangement that would remove the need for a U.K.- EU customs border. “One potential approach would involve the U.K. mirroring the EU’s requirements for imports from the rest of the world where their final destination is the EU.” The Hindu August 15, 2017
Shanghai: "Beijing Afraid of Wife Technology" and "What You Looking at Technology" are among the kind of company names that will become a thing of the past under new Chinese government rules. After launching a campaign to eliminate public signs with poor English translations -or "Chinglish" - China's communist rulers are now taking aim at firms that attempt to register names that are excessively long or strange. The Times of India August 18, 2017 .
Two days after he ceased to be President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon explained why he had welcomed The Economist to his house on Capitol Hill for a chat. “You’re the enemy,” he said, adding disdainfully: “You support a radical idea, free trade. I mean it, that’s a radical idea.” As he returns to his former job, running Breitbart News, a bomb-throwing right-wing website, Mr Bannon wants to make clear that he still loves a scrap. “In the White House I had influence,” he says several times during a long discussion. “At Breitbart, I had power.” The Indian Express August 25, 2017
Ever game for a fight, President Donald Trump is picking onece again with Canada and Mexico, America’s partners in the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA). On August 27th he tweeted that both were being “very difficult”, adding: “May have to terminate?” His strategy, of getting a better deal by threatening to pull out altogether, is odd. It worsens relations with America’s negotiating partners, at a time when Mr Trump’s plans face just as much opposition at home.- The Economist August 31, 2017.
