Blinken, Yellen, Kerry visits to China show big powers are engaging. It’s in India’s interest too
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The series of recent high-level American visits from Blinken to Yellen to Kerry to China is a healthy sign that the big powers are engaging. It’s in nobody’s interest that the world gets split into two irreconcilable blocs. Any effort seeking to moderate Beijing’s conduct is in India’s strategic interest.
India’s rice export bans don’t reconcile with ethanol blending plans. Better to use corn
India’s rice export bans, last year and now, don’t reconcile with its ongoing plans to use rice for ethanol blending. Rice-based ethanol makes sense if rice supplies are surplus to food requirements. Export bans suggest such a surplus doesn’t exist. Better instead to use less water-intensive corn for ethanol production.
