Why will any of this impact increasing import tariffs for the US?
The Americans created your supply chains, don't forget that.
And no, it won't threaten India at all. India's domestic market is protected by tariffs up to 100% and more. In some sectors FDI is not allowed. In India, our mantra is Make in India. Whether the product you made is meant for Indians or for export is not the govt's headache. But what we desire is companies start investing and making in India. Our market can speak for itself.
That's the reason why even Chinese companies have begun investing in India.
http://www.vccircle.com/news/econom...ts-23-bn-past-3-months-against-135-bn-2000-16
In contrast to $2.3 billion investment announced in the past three months, China routed only $1.35 billion in India by way of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) between April 2000 and March 2016.
And even though an exports market is desired, the govt is working towards decreasing imports first. So the trade wars that you speak of will not affect India in anyway.
Look at our trade with the US.
https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/south-central-asia/india
There's nothing there for them to damage our trade. They are selling hi tech stuff to us while we are selling them services, jewellery, petroleum, organic chemicals and medicines.
The only thing they can really damage is services, which they won't and also can't because it is led by human capital, something they don't have enough of. What makes it worse is Indian companies are spread across the world. So they will just sign a contract in the US, finish development in India, and then sell it to them in the US. It's just pieces of code or simply data which can be downloaded from anywhere, you can't carry it in your hand, so they can't stop it. There's no customs, there's no shipping, nothing.
Indian exports is human capital. That's why 86% in the US and 90% in the UK of temporary work visas given goes to Indians. And successive govts haven't been able to stop this because all companies don't allow that to happen. At first he said he will scrap this visa program which is important to India. Then he reversed his opinion citing that he himself hires Indians through H-1B visas. So quid pro quo. We are scratching each other's backs.
Otoh, China has too much to lose if trade barriers are erected by the US.
https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/china-mongolia-taiwan/peoples-republic-china
Do you see how vulnerable China is in comparison to India?
Electrical machinery and machinery, the two common components, $237B vs $25B. If Trump erects a barrier, you will lose a huge chunk of that business. And domestic American companies will easily compensate for the loss because they are already supplying their goods to China.
American companies won't mind losing their $25B business to China if they are able to tap your $237B business.
Basically Trump is pro-capitalism and pro-American companies. So giving more Indians work and giving Chinese less work is Trump's agenda because it works out for him that way. He's helping Americans companies that way. They need Indian talent because their domestic population
isn't skilled enough to replace us, and they need Chinese jobs because their domestic population
is skilled enough for Chinese jobs.
Please worry about yourself, not us.
This article is mostly India specific, but you can use your own judgement to figure out how it applies to China. The first four points apply a lot to China also.
http://www.business-standard.com/ar...president-means-for-india-116110900537_1.html
Candidate Trump is not the same as President Trump. Candidate Trump was armed with rhetoric. President Trump will be armed with govt advisors, huge difference.
He will learn a lot about current events in the next 2 months towards his presidency.
Read #19.