Blair: Booming India now a business partner

Prime Minister Tony Blair, eager to bolster Europe’s business ties with India, will argue today that the West should embrace the booming nation’s emergence as an economic powerhouse, rather than fearing it as a job-stealing threat.

Mr Blair, who arrived in New Delhi after two days of trade-focused meetings with Chinese leaders in Beijing, says wealthy nations must adapt to the fast-moving changes of economic globalisation by building close relationships with new trading partners.