Public sentiment is a blend of optimism and skepticism regarding India's economic reforms. While many express pride and support for initiatives aimed at making India a global economic powerhouse, concerns about socio-economic disparities, tax structures, and government effectiveness persist. There is recognition of potential growth juxtaposed against the reality of ongoing challenges faced by the average citizen.

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PM Modi

As an Indian. Good job by Indian Government. BIT is a forward until FTA comes along.

Plus there is no genocide in Gaza

Axiomatic_cross

India's foreign policy is measured in Benjamins.

MarketCrache

I have a massive trade deficit with my grocery store.

Inner_Butterfly1991

How can a poorer country be expected to have a trade deficit with the US especially when the goods the US wants to export to India are mostly more expensive than what can be produced there? There are exceptions (soybean, dairy) and I agree India should lower trade barriers but it also is important for US infotech (both software and, increasingly, hardware) as a supply chain alternative.

After_Olive5924

India is practically our pharmacy.  They supply 40% of our generic medicines.

This will just make medicine even more expensive.

I'd love for more medical manufacturing here, but I'm not too sure this is how you go about it...

ATotalCassegrain

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I just had to raise the price of my products by 50% due to the tariff rate.  Man this sucks...

shikodo

Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Trump just negotiate “the greatest” trade agreement ever with India not too long ago?

joe1max

wouldn't it be amazing if there was somebody in the administration that understood trade deficits. 

It would be equally as amazing if there was somebody in the administration with links to America instead of like Russia Qatar and Hungary

Bawbawian

More high tax on goods for the American consumers

One-Sir-2198

I have still yet to hear why trade deficits are a problem…

oe-eo

Does that apply to outsourced tech jobs or just affordable goods (like fruit, spices, clothes, medical stuff...)

Responsible-Car-Golf

Firm_Watercress_4228

It’s going to take decades to repair this damage.

If they are doing business with you you are by definition also doing business with them. It’s a 2 ways street. Why anyone thinks this guy is smart is beyond me

inigos_left_hand

Trade deficits are not inherently bad. Feeding into this moronic trade policy is a part of the problem.

reggers20

India makes as much from scams as they do exporting to the US. If trump wanted to hurt india he could stop h1b and put restrictions on 'call centers'.

PX_Oblivion

I do not care what our trade deficit is with India. Their people have MUCH less disposable income than ours, so obviously they can't buy as much of our stuff as we buy from them. Using tariffs to "solve" this non-issue is just going to end up costing us an absolute shit load of money, and we're getting literally nothing for it

flissfloss86

If India wasn't helping the Russians I'd be more sympathetic

Pappa_Crim

lol what — or maybe it’s because they are poorer then us and labor is cheaper there

dontich

Surprised he hasn't complained about what his base often complains about tbh

Helplessly-Aimless

The United States runs an aggregate annual SURPLUS with India. The administration is misinformed. Looking at one line item - merchandise goods - and basing punitive economic policy on that basis isn't in any way how you do things. 

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hampsten

I think you are sane-washing Trump's extreme behavior by framing this as a US-India trade war.  This is a US-world trade war.  It is utterly foolish and has already done long-term damage to US hegemony.  Every country on Earth now knows we might elect a psycho every four years, who could renege on trade deals they JUST made and effectively defunct military alliances on a whim.

AutoManoPeeing

Now shut down H1B and H2B from India.  Then tarrif outsourcing 200%.

Jon_Galt1

Why is it a problem that they sell stuff, if they have stuff that we want?  If it benefits us to get those things.  If we want to sell more stuff to them. . : I guess we just need to have more that they want?

Gogs85

The foreign companies with offices in India are not being factored in. Many of those are just outsourcing centers masquerading as for profit businesses. Estimates are upwards of 1,000,000 employed in these outsourcing centers run by American subsidiaries.

Technical-Art4989

Compromise would be India removing all the tariffs on US imports other than predetermined areas like agriculture and dairy products.

Positive-Ad1859

U.S. goods exports to India in 2024 were $41.5 billion, U.S. goods imports from India in 2024 totaled $87.3 billion

musicman651

Buddy how have u not figured out that a trade deficit is not a bad thing for a first world country. First world nations import more than exported. If we do this our dollar gets devalued and we enter a stagflate economy. Say bye bye to the jobs market.

Sweenybeans

Emergency_Panic6121

Even if the U.S. is India’s biggest export market, India has never been a huge part of the global economy that was initiated by the U.S. During the cold war because India was softly in the Soviet sphere of influence (they weren’t exactly fans of the U.K. or Australia after they became independent).

As a result India can more easily weather U.S. tariffs and even sanctions if it comes to it.  It doesn’t seriously impact the U.S. to impose tariffs on India like it does China either because the U.S. isn’t as heavily reliant on good from India as it is China.

However there would certainly be a number of sizeable businesses in India which will suffer together with a few in the U.S. who are more heavily reliant on specific goods from India.  If we’re talking about the Tariffs being inflicted due to India’s oil trade with Russia, it’s not necessarily a big difference for India to seek oil from the Middle East and other countries instead, if they think it’s better than putting up with the Tariffs. Though India might just double down on trade with Russia rather than put up with U.S. influence.

SpinzACE

Trade wars are stupid and usually only have losers.

TheMikeyMac13

Clearly not written by Trumplestiltskin, too few caps lock moments.

He and his advisers have no clue how international trade works.  Good luck getting it to balance at the level of individual countries.  Oh wait, it’s supposed to have a positive balance for the US at the country level.  As if that wouldn’t have some major economic impacts.🙄

Postulative

Trade deficits are meaningless as a statistic without greater context, and aren't really a negative indicator. The way they've been reported by the Trump have been misleading by doing things by ignoring the sale of services and focusing exclusively on goods.

2407s4life

middlequeue

I mean, good are immaterial… India sells services

Sleep_adict

Trump didn't write this. It's not stupid.

SourceBrilliant4546

Trade deficits are only a concern to the economically illiterate.

BigoteMexicano

I don’t understand how heartless you have to be to attack a poverty-stricken country like this.

EyeraGlass

By that logic I do no business with the grocery store because I never sell anything to my grocery store.

It's stupid but that's fascist you voted for I guess.

Talzon70

I don't think about it. It's trivial. 

That being said, India maintains strong barriers to access their market in order to leverage exports and protect local producers in order to promote growth. America has effectively been subsidizing the Indian economy. It's technically not fair trade.

But, again, it is trivial. It isn't egregious like China, and India isn't openly hostile, like China.

dogsiwm

In my opinion. 

The US is too reliant on Indian pharmaceuticals. For that alone I hope the trade war causes either diversification or bringing such production back to the US.

Militarily, they would be a better regional ally than Pakistan even though they are just as crazy, but they have made their bed with russia for decades at this point. Considering they help russia get around sanctions, this is another reason to target them economically. 

Whether this actually works or has even some of the intended effects, I dont know, and I doubt our politicians have the political willpower to follow it to any useful conclusion.

trinalgalaxy

Real leverage on India isnt trade-its H1-B’s. To get India to cooperate we have to squeeze them on that.

Compoundeyesseeall

No way trump wrote this.He could never understand how to use the word ponder in a sentence.

xaviery777

Trade deficits are not an aspect of trade wars. Deficits are a normal aspect of trade. It is practically impossible to avoid them. If you trade, there will be a deficit.

If you want to export more than you import, then do so. Make more stuff and sell it. This is not a "war".

Kris40000

We need tariffs on India to stop outsourcing. So for once, this is a good thing. Assuming it sticks.

Miserable_Corgi_764

India is poor American goods are expensive most Indians can't buy them.

thebigmanhastherock

Its not about the money, it's about sending a message.  With us or against us. India is officially against the western world now. Just like Russia and China

b4stoner

Protectionism has been done before, but putting tariffs on goods that allow you to produce stuff, E.G. steel and copper is so obviously misguided.

CheeseMilkerr

What he does not conveniently state is a lot of US consumer goods and tech companies make a lot of revenue from India- the market. 
 Ofcourse it is also true that US Tech companieswere responsible for the growth of the Indian economy phenomenally from the late 80s/early 90s due to the outsourcing.

Leo080671

I’m so tired of being oppressed by my local businesses. I’m constantly giving them money for things that I don’t have the time or skills to produce myself and I get noth…. Oh wait nope nevermind that’s just like like… how buying stuff you want works. 

MAGA is brain dead.

Aggressive_Arm_6297

India shouldn’t be charging the US high tariffs. This is obvious.

MsterF

We dont do business with them, but they do it with us?

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American companies have been shifting manufacturing to India for a while now, long before the trade war. The issue is skill gap and price of raw materials. Average Chinese factory workers are significantly more employable than average Indian factory workers and PMKVY is a total flop. 

The shift from China will happen regardless of the trade war, because no big country wants to be heavily reliant on China. But whether India will be benefited or not is only time will tell

nrkishere

This is the other way around- America to China.

What you want is China to America…check that. Don’t fall for headlines.

SlowTax1136

Technical-Isopod6554

It's not a missed opportunity, this is a temporary holding position for the US as Trump couldn't stand the pressure from his policies which are about to hit the US hard soonish.

Key things to note countries and people want to divest from China It is obvious that there are going to be issues down the line. India just needs to be STABLE, OPEN, and REDUCE BUREAUCRACY will benefit from the FDI that is ready and waiting and the internal markets. If we are closed and insular to it we will lose out to the Southeast Asian countries which are very ready to absorb more FDI. The

Key blockers for India are all internal states and the government needs to invest in the infrastructure - roads, ports city planning all this because there people are there just not the infrastructure. I also recommend don't get too tied up in geopolitics its a red herring instability that is not what the markets want.

EngineeredVersion

India isn't the cheapest and should not aim to be the cheapest. If anything the last 5 years have shown is that India is actually quite resilient and stable for investments. Even compared to China.

These_Growth9876

Come on lol this is just the beginning of the global trade war. China is an export nation, that will never change. Their economy is teetering under US pressure. They will always be duplicitous and deceptive. This story is still in the starting stages. The US will soon find out for a second time that they cannot trust China.

fairenbalanced

I am genuinely asking, did most of you expect that 100+% tariffs would last?

China issue is real for US and this was just the beginning.

pratyush_1991

IronLyx

In general, west is more materialistic. To change dependency on china, they have to go though big financial realignment which no one is interested in

ReconoTTMM

Can anyone how many “golden opportunities “ India has lost since independence? Then again, I wouldn’t worry about it. India is known to be the one country with greatest potential. There will be plenty more “golden opportunities “ to come. By the way, a golden opportunity is the one you can actually grab it. The ones you can’t are called pipe dreams.

BlurryEyes14oo

yup its over but it had affected the stability of US Companies on China 

they'll still find neutral nations where there is no effect of change of gov of usa

DakuMangalSinghh

No , this will only give breather to build non china strategy or a parallel alternative location like India

droidrap

It has already started since Covid. Most companies suffered due to single supply chains and they diversified after. What's happening now is they want to stay out of trouble and thus move to neutral locations.

BittuPastol

Opportunity isn't gone. We have time and man power. We need better training. We need to attract more foreign investors.

No company wanna rely on a single country for manufacturing especially in a dynamic geo politics of today's world.

Constant-Recipe-9850

No, a lot of this is posturing and back and forth. This just relieves pressure on current business relations. However, this doesn't mean China is a destination for new capital. Manufacturing will still continue to move out of China, as it has been since 2018.

andherBilla

ManaxP

Our foreign policy is a disgrace, the world seems to be aligned with Pak

Reaper_741

BlueAlpha29

Not good to plan opportunities around an extremely unpredictable US president who keeps changing his mind every moment

psykedeliq

I think the United States will not focus on India either, because India is not completely under U.S. control and is very wavering.

After the Russia-Ukraine war, India refused to impose sanctions on Russia, instead purchasing large amounts of discounted Russian oil and a significant amount of Russian military equipment.

On the other hand, India and the United States have the U.S.-India strategic partnership. For a country that is so unpredictable, the U.S. is hesitant to fully "use" it with confidence.

However, no other country can currently meet the U.S.'s massive demand, so it has to compromise and return to pre-tariff war levels. It has only been one month after all. The U.S. has at least two to three months of inventory, and before the American people could even feel the impact of the tariff war, it had already ended.

America has run out of shipping containers. 
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ocean-shipping-firm-welcomes-china-us-tariff-reprieve-2025-05-12/

Chinese control maximum containers around the world. When shipping companies send over their containers for fill up, China can dock them indefinitely and create a crisis. 

Trump buckled for sure since all retailers/producers around usa will have nothing to ship in or out their products

deleteandrest

opportunity was in gold, even that may fade away.

Killer_insctinct

Won’t be surprised if you buy something in China that’s American that your social score (credit) immediately plummets

Alternative_Boot3358

I don’t understand this 80s view of China that alot Indians have. I mean the whole "jobs from China to India" thing feels empty. 
It’s not like in the 80s or 90s when you had a factory assembly line with hundreds of workers, working. It’s all automated now. Instead of a 100 you only need maybe 5 people and even they need some level of technical skills. 
So assuming that alot of those factories do go to India. How will that solve magically the unemployment problem ? Considering the supply for the jobs would barely scratch the demand.

Cool_Sail_4040

what are you smoking, there was no golden opportunity, all the companies form china moved to  Vietnam , Malaysia or Philippines , the whole golden opportunity was a spin put by the media

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4 people run the country. 2 sell , 2 buy, All are from Gujarat.

gtbtp

Ladli Bahina and all these freebies are just a political timebomb. No party can cancel it, no one can keep debt in control while it exists.

immaheadout3000

Ok Chat GPT Economist, tell me how gdp growth ain’t gonna shrink after Demonetisation in any country, its plain logic and economics 101, whats the point?

Whole corpus of Ladki Bahin Yojana is 46000cr as per your own analysis, now i get the point that it was overstretched, but MH budget is near about 8Lakh cr now how that scheme is shooting state debt is beyond me? 

Lol national average of Debt to GSDP(Debt % for your understanding, if you ain’t know the term) ratio is 28% for all states and MH is still at 18%, and which is also not a good sign, in kicking economy govt should borrow more and invest in Infrastructure, IT, manufacturing, agri and allied activities to widen the GSDP of state and increase employment, thats Economics 101. 

The 15th Finance Commission of India recommends that states should ideally maintain a Debt to GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) ratio in the range of 20% to 25%— MH is at 18%. You must be knowing more than Finance commission then, Lol🤡

I don’t know in which economics course it is taught that borrowing/debt necessarily means its bad that too when your state is way below national average.

Average ChatGPT Economist go read books first.

Embarrassed-Iron8099

So you mean its good that people did not vote for Indi alliance, who were going to

Give 8500 to youth each month, across country

1 lakh to women every year, across country

And then during maharshtara elections were going to give 3000 to women every month, which is double of ladki bahin.

Wonder how much gdp crash and loss would have happened if indi alliance was elected with such schemes... but family servants will never utter a word against this.

pumpkin_fun

In last 5/6 years,

1)Number of restaurants in your area or in Maharashtra increased or decreased?

2)Number of SUVs/two wheeler sales in increased or decreased?(Ask nearby car dealer. Numbers are incrased)

3)Luxury car sales increased([Luxury car &amp; SUV sales in India rise 20% to 45,000+ units in FY24 | Autocar Professional](https://www.autocarpro.in/analysis-sales/luxury-car-and-suv-sales-in-india-rise-205-to-over-45000-units-in-fy2024-120422)) [Luxury car &amp; SUV sales in India rise 20% to 45,000+ units in FY24 | Autocar Professional](https://www.autocarpro.in/analysis-sales/luxury-car-and-suv-sales-in-india-rise-205-to-over-45000-units-in-fy2024-120422)

4)Number of people going outside state or country for tourism, increased or decreased?

Tourism in India is growing, with significant contributions to the economy and jobs, and it saw over 9.5 million foreign tourists in 2023, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. 

5)Most important- see the tractor sales graph- indicator how our agro sector is performing.

[Why tractor sales are on fast track, what this says about India’s agri sector | Explained News - The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-economics/why-tractor-sales-are-on-fast-track-10249817/)

I don't say everything is fine. With 140 Cr population even if God comes down to handle, its going to take time.

मला नोकरी माझ्या गावातच हवी असा हट्ट धरणाऱयांना अर्थव्यवस्था कायम कोलमडलेली वाटणार आहे. 

मी फक्त ९-५ काम करणार अशानाही भविष्यात धोका असणार आहे. 

मी स्वतः:हुन काहीही शिकणार नाही अशांनाही अर्थव्यवस्था कायम कोलमडलेली वाटणार आहे.

lispLaiBhari

OP seems like Ignorant fool who have nothing else to do !! Or is being paid to keep this alive on the internet. 

OP how many sacks of cash did you throw in the garbage due to demonetization ?

Downvotes please !! 😂

Fit_Range_6806

Once upon time King Shivaji took on delhi sultanate, not allowed them enter maharashtra. Now we have modern Mir Qasim ( read Devendra) allowed to loot all rightful maharashtra corporations to migrate to gujrat. He even didn't utter a single word. 

Enjoy national amrit kaal and local Qasim kaal.

Dangerous_Fault8307

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AvocadoClear6394

Bro evdha doka nako lavus, capacity chya baher aahe tujhya

Better focus on the usual paraprantiya topic and brahmin bashing

Amelia800855

Lost-Programmer982

Freebies need to end but unfortunately in india, educated are far less and the peasants dum ahh who will continue to vote due to freebies will keep the freebies alive. The only solution is to increase education

Efficient_Win_4931

OkStrength4636

Tbh , rumors hote ke notebandi main manje UP election sathi kele hote so akhilesh looses

mojfree

मोदींना नोटबंदी ची कल्पना सुचविणारे अर्थ शास्त्रज्ञ अनिल बोकील काका दिसले नाही परत. कुठं दिसले तर कळवा दोन चार शंका विचारायच्या आहेत.

Yeah Karnataka government is spending 85k crore every year for all their freebies. This need to stop the freebies is ticking time bomb.

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