Rapidly expanding trade and nascent foreign investment promise stronger economic links

between the world’s two fastest-growing and most populous countries.The sheer size and
growth rates of the People's Republic of China and the Indian Republic have boosted bilateral
trade, as bigger economies have more to buy and sell. In this context, the prospects for
continued strong growth in bilateral trade appeared to be bright until the onset of the Doklam
Crisis.

This paper analyses the economic links between China and India and proposes a foresight
analysis in order to underline the risks and threats induced by the Doklam crisis in the field of
geopolitical, cultural and economic relations and looks for solutions, keeping in mind the need to
rescue the relationship by taking the long view – in terms of what a good relationship between
China and India means – and the broad view, of the different facets where India and China can
be of great complementarity to each other.

As this research paper primarily deals with the trade relations between China and India before
and during the Doklam confrontation, the results established and evaluated help analyze and
predict the future of these relations. Being two of the fastest economically growing countries,
both China and India play a crucial role in the global economy and market. To this end, this
paper helps with understanding how the Doklam confrontation has affected the trade relations
between the two countries and how this new change may influence the global economy in the
coming decades. Additionally, as the border issues between India and China are far from being
resolved, the Doklam confrontation as well as the earlier conflicts between the nations provide
precedents and knowledge of how such an issue in the future would change the framework of
the trade relations and international markets.