To begin with, much has changed in China, the host. Decision-making of economic China begins here in contemporary terms. The ‘Four Modernisations’, articulated first by Zhou Enlai in 1965, are perceptible in Tianjin. Looking beyond the political and strategic, for the three countries, continuity of economics as ballast is there, despite the aberrations of the political exploits during the first three decades of China’s ideological adventurism. Much internal reorientation has taken place, which in a short span of a little over four-and-a-half-decades, has transformed the way the rest of the world interacts with China, and the way China reciprocates. As civilisations, China, India and Russia must be coordinating responses to be adopted to safeguard their respective economies from any travails consequent to inexplicable tariff barriers, imposed by Trump, taking effect.
