The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) was established by Congress in 1984 as an impartial, federally-funded national security institution devoted to the nonviolent prevention and mitigation of deadly conflict abroad. To refuse China the ‘MES’, India has taken sides with the U.S. and European Union in stating that not like in ‘market economies’ where prices of items are market determined (primarily based on demand & supply situations), there may be still a major government influence in the Chinese market.

There is a clause in the 2001 Protocol, in accordance with which international locations must grant the MES only after …

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