How should middle powers like India, Japan, France navigate trade and geo-politics?

In a World of Reciprocal Tariffs: What Should Middle Powers Like India Do?

The age of WTO-led global trade is fading. In its place: reciprocal tariffs, regional blocs, and a canvas where the rules of the world are being rewritten is emerging.

In this sharp, timely talk, Pavan Choudary decodes the new global order and explores a vital question: What should middle powers like India do — on trade, on alliances, on global leadership?

🔑 Key Themes:
• Why Most Favoured Nation (MFN) rules are collapsing and how reciprocal tariffs are reshaping global trade.
• How small nations are being left behind — and why India still has agency.
• India’s hidden strengths: defense, diplomacy, demographics and the art of issue-based alignments.
• The new trade blocs: RCEP, CPTPP, NAFTA/USMCA, EU, MERCOSUR, AfCFTA — and where India stands.
• Why middle powers must act as stabilizers, not hegemons and lead on global rules for AI, climate, and tech.
• Soft Power and the Global South: Why India's voice resonates with the marginalized and why it must continue being an advocate for the voiceless.

💡 "Stabilizers, not hegemons." This video underscores the crucial role of middle powers in maintaining global balance, fairness, and innovation in the emerging multipolar world.

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