Ashwani Mahajan, a leader of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, also called for a boycott of Chinese goods. Trade deficit with China came down by $10 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2019 to $58 billion (in over $80 billion trade). India’s trade deficit with China alone is around a quarter of its total trade deficit. Aside from the usual gung-ho, India’s trade ministry said in an email the country can’t take any unilateral punitive action against a fellow member of the World Trade Organisation. The solution lies in making Indian goods cost-effective substitutes against Chinese goods.

Source: Pakistan Today April 24, 2019 18:44 UTC