Beijing Trumpets Trade Inter-Dependency as India Vows to Scrutinise “Made in China” Goods

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Beijing Trumpets Trade Inter-Dependency as India Vows to Scrutinise "Made in China" Goods

New Delhi (Sputnik): India and China’s border stand-off along the 4,057 km Line of Actual Control is not just limited to the Himalayas, as its ripple effect has begun to reach the markets of the two countries with bans and tariffs. After several levels of diplomatic and military-level talks, the troops are finally disengaging along the border.

Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong on Friday emphasised the need for implementing consensus, the countries’ partnership in development opportunities, and economic cooperation, opting to promote trust-building measures and taking a far-sighted view, hoping to mend ties.  

Amid the continued efforts to diffuse the border tensions along with the diplomatic level talks, Weidong has highlighted the importance of a “common goal” and a “convergence of interests” between the world’s two most populous countries.

Expressing distress over India’s move to scrutinise its economic policies towards China, Weidong said “Some people have been trumpeting the so-called decoupling of China-India economic and trade relations, with an attempt to completely exclude ‘Made in China’. One basic fact they ignore is that the current global industrial and supply chains have been formed through a process of natural selection by market optimisation over the past decades.”

The Chinese envoy stressed the mutual interests and inter-dependence of the two countries by saying:

Ever since the killing of 20 Indian soldiers during a violent face-off with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley of Eastern Ladakh on 15 June, India has resorted to several measures to curb Chinese imports such as increasing the customs duty. Recently, India banned 59 Chinese smartphone apps, including TikTok, which with over 400 million subscribers, was more popular in India than in any other country.

Among the range of measures adopted by India, the government shelved the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) secretariat’s offer to join the trade bloc unconditionally, froze three investment projects worth $667 million made by Chinese companies in the Indian state of Maharashtra, and made it mandatory for any entity sharing a land border with India to seek government approval to invest in the country.

Meanwhile, India and China share an unbalanced trade relationship where in 2019, India’s trade deficit with China was roughly $57 billion; bilateral trade totals $92.5 billion.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

Beijing Trumpets Trade Inter-Dependency as India Vows to Scrutinise “Made in China” Goods

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