This is why I always talk about building our own industries one after another that will cause us to import less from the two giants. The shops are full of plastic-made Chair/Tool, Balti, Mug, Lota, Bodna imported from China. Garments sector is a success because it is a private sector. Most other things are controlled by the inefficient GoB which has failed to guide the building of new sectors.I am not advocating hostility....we cannot afford it even if I wanted to. But we are ought to scrutinize it before committing ourselves to it.
We have to balance India with China until we are strong enough. But having such a huge trade gap with both is irritating.
@Top Cat, how is the progress of hundreds of EPZs and SEZs? I wonder why the govt should go after many hundreds simultaneously instead of going for the full completion of a few ones so that FDI or local companies can bring in machines and set up new factories in those venues. Seems, the GoB people are not aware of the word 'Schedule'.