During Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi’s Delhi visit, India and China agreed to resume trade, flights, and cultural exchanges. Both sides pledged to work on resolving the Himalayan border dispute, amid tensions from Trump’s tariff policies.

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• Trade ties to resume, direct flights restarted
• Visas for journalists, cultural, business exchanges agreed
• Modi, Wang stress respect for each other’s interests
• Modi to visit Beijing in October, first since 2018
• Border dispute talks continue, focus on de-escalation, delimitation
• Deadly 2020 clash killed 20 Indian, 4 Chinese soldiers
• Pact reached on patrols, withdrawal of extra troops
• India raised concern over China’s mega dam in Tibet
• Trump tariffs seen accelerating India-China rapprochement
• Fundamental differences remain, security issues unresolved