#BTDavos2026 | Trade Corridors, Tariffs & Turmoil: Where India Fits In The New World Order

At BT Davos 2026, Siddharth Zarabi, Group Editor, Business Today, speaks with Gautam Kumra, Senior Partner and Chair, Asia (ex-China), McKinsey & Company, on how global trade is being reshaped amid rising geopolitical fragmentation. As nearly $12–14 trillion of trade is potentially rewired, Kumra explains why Asia — and India in particular — could emerge with some of the world’s safest and fastest-growing trade corridors, spanning Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Japan and Europe. The conversation also examines the prospects of major trade deals with the European Union and the United States, the signals emerging from Davos, and why domestic reforms at both the Centre and state level are now critical for India to fully seize this historic opportunity in the evolving global economic order.

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