Brown/India Time to play chess

Gordon Brown’s visit to India comes at a crucial time for Anglo-Indian trade. On the face of it, Britain is not doing nearly as well as one might expect. Despite the historic links, shared national language and a large diaspora, Britain is only India’s fifth largest trading partner and does only 1% of its external trade with the sub-continent. Last year, a parliamentary committee warned that failure to cash in on these ties meant Britain was losing ground to its global competitors. The fault li...