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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicIndia-China trade imbalance

Topic: India-China trade imbalance

China has mastered the art of dumping. India must take a cue from US to fight back

With the US effectively shutting its doors, the fear is that a cornered China will dump even more aggressively and flood other markets. India must brace for impact.

Why India shouldn’t join RCEP. It will stifle economy, undo PLI progress

The World Bank has urged India to reconsider its position on RCEP. Worries about China’s overcapacity and India’s struggles with previous FTAs had led to its withdrawal in 2019.

To let China invest in India or not—an old economic problem has struck policymakers again

PM Modi has sought to incentivise manufacturing in India through PLI schemes, but the components have come mainly from China, with Indian companies only engaged in assembling.

Linking trade and tensions—why India must reassess its approach to Chinese investments

India has reasons to achieve pragmatic economic exchanges, as articulated in the Economic Survey—the inescapability of Chinese supply chains, the ineffectiveness of tariffs, and India’s dependence on Chinese imports for its manufacturing sector.

India and China don’t agree on how much they trade with each other, and the gap is widening

Over past 3 years, commerce ministry data on bilateral trade with China has hovered around $95 bn. Data from Chinese govt over last 3 fiscals shows figures steadily above $110 bn.

‘India a major power’ says China’s Global Times op-ed, praises Modi govt’s ‘Bharat narrative’

In his article, Zhang Jiadong, director of the Center for South Asian Studies at Fudan University, discusses India’s shift towards a ‘great power strategy’ under Modi.

Manufacturing moving to India from China, but trade deficit a concern, says Mark Mobius

Veteran investor says government’s swift actions to ease doing business in India will ensure that manufacturing remains in the country and does not shift back.

Uh oh. Data shows India-China trade deficit widening, Indian exports falling for 1st time in yrs

Commerce ministry data shows that in April and May, India’s exports to China declined by 31% while imports grew by 12.75%. Overall trade grew by just 2% compared to previous year.

Why India’s complete economic disengagement from China is unrealistic

If India hopes to implement infra projects in the neighbourhood to restrain China, it will have to create management groups to support diplomats on the ground.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.