India Balances Xi, Putin Ties With Washington Partnership

India is hosting an important BRICS meeting.

Leaders from China, Russia and Iran are attending.

At the same time, India is working on a trade deal with the United States.

The United States has threatened very high tariffs on BRICS countries.

India is also part of the QUAD group with the United States and other countries.

This may look confusing because some of these countries disagree with one another.

Foreign policy experts say India is using a strategy called strategic independence.

That means India wants to work with different countries without being forced to choose only one side.