we should not give subsidies for export it is as good as giving ur hard earned tax money to some foreigner to buy your own goods. Instead we should focus on producing goods high in the value chain.Chinese govt. subsidies their shipping cost which is why chinese manufacturers are able to ship cheap goods to all over the world. Earlier US govt. used to subsidize the other half of the cost. Which basically meant chinese used to ship goods to all over the world for FREE.
Indian govt. needs to do the same, but I am pretty sure they don't even know why chinese goods are so cheap.
This is a pretty good video that explains the "china advantage".