India's Modi Makes a Business Trip to Nordic Free-Trade Bastion
- First India-Nordic summit takes place in Stockholm on Tuesday
- Meeting comes amid growing signs of global protectionism
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Narendra Modi can expect an earful on the benefits of free trade when he visits Stockholm for a summit with Nordic peers already rattled by the sound of Donald Trump’s protectionist war-drums.
The first ever joint meeting between the prime ministers of India, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden comes at a critical juncture for the global economy, with the European Union still trying to figure out if it will obtain a permanent exemption from U.S. tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum.