Trade

After the tariff wars and the new deals, what is the smart trade strategy from here?

Cheap Chinese imports destroyed factory jobs across the West. Did that really happen, and could it happen to India?

China subsidises, undervalues its currency, forces tech transfer. Isn't "free trade" with China just naïve?

Does the rupee's value decide whether India can compete?

Every rich country protected its young industries once. Why is it wrong for India to do the same?

If cheap imports can shut Indian factories, why do economists still support free trade?

If we buy far more from a country than we sell it, are we losing?

India exports more software than clothes. How did that happen, and does it matter?

India gets called the "tariff king." Why are Indian tariffs so sticky? Do they benefit the economy?

India tried to make everything itself for 40 years, then opened up in 1991. What did that journey teach us?

"Make in India" pays firms crores to build here. Is it working or just subsidising assembly of Chinese parts?

Opening up made India richer. So why are hundreds of millions of us still poor?

The government is making imports meet Indian "quality standards." Surely keeping out shoddy goods is a good thing?

What decides what a country makes well, and can that change?

When we depend on a rival for chips, solar panels, medicine ingredients, how worried should we be?