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Sino-Indian trade: Taming the dragon

Indian industry and our government must work together more strategically and purposefully to build an ecosystem to drive Indian products and services into China's huge and expanding market

GAINS AT HAND  India has a huge need for investment in infrastructure facilities such as railway modernisation, port development, energy projects etc., all areas where China has both strength and experience. 	Photo: Reuters
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GAINS AT HAND India has a huge need for investment in infrastructure facilities such as railway modernisation, port development, energy projects etc., all areas where China has both strength and experience. Photo: Reuters

Ravi Bhoothalingam
It would be logical to infer that greater economic engagement between China and India — the second and fourth-largest economies (PPP values) in the world respectively — would be in the mutual interest of both nations. However, for various reasons, this has not happened. Though China is India’s largest bilateral trade partner ($70 bn in 2016, having grown from a mere $2 bn in 2002), the Sino-Indian trade relationship is still just one-third of that between China and South Korea ($218 bn), and even lower than that between China and Vietnam ($97 bn).
 
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