Canada is pushing to strengthen ties with China and India, even as it remains in precarious trade talks with a US administration that has escalated its tariff war with Beijing.

China filed a complaint to the WTO on Wednesday over India's EV and battery subsidies, saying the measures give Indian domestic industries an unfair competitive advantage and undermine China's interests,

The Chinese commerce ministry added that it would take "firm measures" to effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of its domestic industries.

India and China plan to resume direct flights between some of their cities after a five-year suspension. Indian authorities made the announcement Thursday.

Tension between India and China may be thawing, but the two countries still remain bitter rivals, writes Shyam Saran.

India and China plan to resume direct flights this month between some of their cities after a five-year suspension as relations between the two countries begin to thaw, Indian authorities have announced. The closer ties come in the face of the United States President Donald Trump administration’s aggressive trade policies.

Trade conflict escalates as the US plans 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese exports. Could Indian exporters gain a strategic advantage?

Taher’s visit to the Chinese capital is part of a broader campaign by Beijing to court not only Bangladesh’s political classes but also leaders from the other countries surrounding India, China’s regional arch-rival, to try to tip the balance of power in south Asia in its favour.