US-China trade war: 151 items of Indian exports set to gain, says research

Policy push may see the exports edge out costlier US rivals in China, as trade fight escalates: Commerce dept research

As many as 151 items of Indian exports to China have the potential to replace identical products India’s northern neighbour imports from the US, an internal research paper of the Commerce Department has said.

The paper, reviewed by Business Standard, has studied the effect of the ever-escalating trade war between Beijing and Washington DC, and identified opportunities for Indian exports to China.

Assessing India’s export capabilities and matching them 

with China’s largest imports from the US, the government has broadly identified 774 items on which immediate policy action can be taken to boost exports. 

“These are such in which China’s imports from the US