After India bans China’s TikTok, border row ‘could weaponise phones and pharma’


Trade between the neighbours was already declining before recent border clashes. Chinese presence in Indian supply chains could be targeted by tariffs and other measures. — SCMP

Mobile phones and pharmaceutical products may be the target of future trade actions by India and China as their border row grinds on, analysts say, widening an economic rift that has been growing for years.

India has stepped up its action against Chinese trade and investment since deadly clashes left 20 Indian soldiers dead last month.

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