Indian Silk Industry Seeks Curbs on Chinese Dumping Amid Geopolitical Clamor

Indian Silk Industry Seeks Curbs on Chinese Dumping Amid Geopolitical Clamor
An Indian woman examining a thread of silk on a reel at a silk factory in Dharmanagar, in India's northeastern state of Tripura, on June 6, 2017.Lovely Ghosh/AFP via Getty Images
Venus Upadhayaya
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VARANASI, India—After bilateral relations between India and China reached an abysmal low following a bloody border clash, India’s silk industry reiterated its call for a ban by the Indian government on silk imports and illegal dumping from China, accusing its neighbor of seeking to destroy the indigenous Indian industry.

Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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