The recent statement by Dr. S. Jaishankar, India’s Minister of External Affairs, during an interview in which he distanced India from the BRICS agenda, has led some commentators to claim that conceding a bargaining chip was a blunder, made without any return. But was that really the case? Senior Advocate and world trade legal expert Percival Billimoria explains why it wasn’t in an op-ed for CNBCTV18.
