On 9 September, on the sidelines of the G20 leaders’ meeting in New Delhi (see separate news item), several major powers, including the EU, launched the “India - Middle East - Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)”, or “Spice Route”, to increase trade flows between these three regions. The signatories of the memorandum of understanding establishing this partnership are: the EU, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, France, India and Italy. They are...