The border clashes with China and the COVID-19 pandemic have reignited questions about India’s dependence on Chinese manufacturing. India’s imports from China in 2019-2020 reached $65 billion, out of $81 billion two-way trade. Is the pandemic, as Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said last month, a “blessing in disguise” for Indian manufacturing? Will companies be able to move deeply integrated supply chains out of China?
Host: Ananth Krishnan
Guests:
Amitendu Palit, Professor at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.
Biswajit Dhar, Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
