Boycott of Chinese goods: China warns of impact on India-bound investments

[abc123xyx]

anyitem you name, is available in india with a indian brand.
but still we used to buy china goods because we never thought that way.
there is a shift in thinking now and reasons behind that thinking a complelling.
what difference it makes to me as a buyer if buy intex inplace of lenovo.

 

[ohmrlobalobayeh]

Well Chinese here on forum were saying that India cannot do much, then why warn when you know we cannot do anything.

nice quoting from http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ia-bound-investments/articleshow/55096140.cms , using the kind of language used for catering to homeground audience.

 

[beijingwalker]

"China returns boycott salvo
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New Delhi, Oct. 27: China today cautioned that even an informal "boycott" of the country's goods in India could hit future investments and hurt Indian interests more than its own, amid social media campaigns urging Diwali shoppers not to buy products from that country."
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Only drama queen Indian media likes to use the word " warning" . What China does is just a polite way to tell India that China can also do that to you, it has consequences. whether a real war or a trade war the result will both hurt India much much more due to the fact that India's share in China's overall trade is tiny, less than 2%, China can easily cover that by expanding to other continents or countries while China is India's No.1 top trading partner, who rely on whose trade more is something goes without saying.

 

[Soulspeek]

Putting jingoism aside, we should get our act together and start building our capacity to make affordable but quality goods. Before the advent of Chinese, Indian toys and electronic goods etc were of horrible quality and prehistoric design. No manufacturer ever broke a sweat to make newer designs.

Now that Indian consumers are exposed to quality products from all over the world, hope our manufacturers do not get lethargic again. We need to make quality option available before blindly opposing chinese products.

 

[SBUS-CXK]

China needs to understand that its not Indian govt which is putting these banners but shopkeepers and wholesalers. Indian Govt. is helpless when people decide to boycott products from certain country.


Chinese investments in India have been dismal year after year around 1 b$ a year and two way trade is heavily biased in favor of China so India is least concerned if the trade decreases in future

Of course, we are very aware that the India government will not resist the Chinese manufacturing, because the development of India, China's machinery can not be separated. Things about firecrackers, toys, or other low value added, in fact, is not important, China is not relying on them to get development.

But I have to say - made in China, not only toys and firecrackers.

 

[beijingwalker]

To use economic leverage to impose one's political will is something China will never yield, US and the whole western block did that to China in 1989 and China tell US and its allies to fck off . Russia did that in 1960s which partly resulted in a big famine in China but that only made China more determined to break up with USSR. India is nothing comparing with the whole west and former USSR and the country's trade accounts for almost nothing in China's total foreign trade and it's extremely laughable and pathetic and even Indian politicians who appealed Indian people to boycott Chinese goods think they can use economic means to coerce China. What we Chinese people see this is pathetic and also highly provocative, even before there was a chance to talk through negotiation now India just closed this window. China will throw full support to Pakistan and try her utmost effort to block India in possible means.

 

[Star Wars]

@beijingwalker The people are not buying Chinese products ? What is the Indian govt. supposed to do ? force people to buy Chinese goods ? IF you support terrorists who mass murder Indian civilians, this is how Indians will respond, stop whining. Govt. has no say what the people can or cannot buy.

Typical Highanded Chinese mentality, buy our goods or else . "Superpower China" syndrome has gone into your heads and stuffed your ego.

 

[beijingwalker]

@beijingwalker The people are not buying Chinese products ? What is the Indian govt. supposed to do ? force people to buy Chinese goods ? IF you support terrorists who mass murder Indian civilians, this is how Indians will respond, stop whining. Govt. has no say what the people can or cannot buy.

Typical Highanded Chinese mentality, buy our goods or else . "Superpower China" syndrome has gone into your heads and stuffed your ego.

Indian politicians are leading this farce so it's partly government's act
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...de-partner-will-fail/articleshow/54807788.cms

 

[Kyle Sun]

it is just a political routine.
Why does it work like some kind of strong aphrodisiac making you guys so high?

 

[cloud_9]

I'm pretty sure they will sell Chinese goods with those big boards.There's no way that they make plastic toys in India.
Those factories were shut down in 2000's.

 

[Star Wars]

Indian politicians are leading this farce so it's partly government's act
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...de-partner-will-fail/articleshow/54807788.cms

Politicians/Media/Social Media celebs can do what ever they want, in the end why are the people following them ? Why should we not prefer local Indian produce over Chinese ? This is what happens when you support a mass murdering terrorists. No point in complaining after people respond.

 

[aman_rai]

If we want to boycott chinese... we need to change our whole lifestyle...
Moreover made in india items should be affordable in compare to chinese one... otherwise people will automatically go for the cheeper one after some time...

 

[Mercury]

Besides the discussing public boycott topic, below article is about Indian government's plan
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India plans to block entry of cheap Chinese goods

NEW DELHI: India is expected to push for a new approach to tariff cuts at the 16-country trade bloc to prevent China from flooding its market with cheap goods. The commerce department is working on ways to give minimum tariff concessions to Chinese goods and delay the concessions by a long number of years even as it allows imports from other member countries at lower duties.

As part of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade negotiations, India is looking to treat Chinese products differently due to the burgeoning trade deficit it has with Beijing. In 2015-16, India's exports to China were $9 billion while the imports were a staggering $61.7 billion leaving a trade deficit of $52.7 billion.

India hopes this longer phasing out of tariff concessions and differential treatment, called “deviations”, will become the basis for RCEP negotiations. The new approach comes ahead of the next ministerial meeting on November 3-4 in the Philippines.

Moreover, since India had to do away with a three-tier structure of differential duty cuts as part of the negotiations, deviations are the last ray of hope to contain the trade deficit with China under a formal trade agreement. In the earlier tiered structure, India had proposed to remove duties on 42.5% of the items traded with China, something that Beijing had termed as low.

“We hope the tiers come back from the backdoor through deviations,” said a commerce department official, adding that the difference in tariff cuts may not be as much as in the earlier structure of three tiers.

“We can look at longer staging periods for China by delaying the concessions by some years or not offer key products for tariff cuts to them at all,” the official said. Despite agreeing to a common concession, India is insisting on a single undertaking for the RCEP which means nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. “With single undertaking, we can be sure other members will not lose interest in India’s demands once we accept their demands for tariff concessions on goods,” the official said.

ET View: Trade Openness
Our problem with China seems to be a lack of trade access. And to better manage our trade deficit with China, we need to call for better trade access rather than opt to keep tariff barriers high. The latter option would only raise transactions costs and lead to thoroughly suboptimal policy going forward.
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[Bombermanx1]

Cause that's also a joke we did decades ago, but we didn't know back then, we know now. Boycotting itself is a sign of weakness and stupidity.. Embargo is a sign of strength and power, you guys should try that.



You are dirt poor in our eye, even Taiwan has more dollars than you. Don't come and beg us to sell you things that you can't make, just go ahead and make them yourselves.

Sorry to hurt your ego,Boycotting is not a sign of weakness,infact it is a sign of strong will,we did that During British Colonial rule we threw away all western made products and burnt them in the city center at the behest and Boycott call of Mahatma Gandhi,The end result this and other effects combined, we got Independence from British rule

US imposed Sanctions on us after 1999 Pokhran Nuclear tests,we came out stronger than before,US sanctions didn't hurt us as much as they expected us to beg them,infact USA was the first country to lift its sanctions to do business with India instead of India asking US to lift sanctions.

Don't beat yourself up,China is not a big market player in our country.Nor do we beg you to sell Chinese wares here in India.We are perfectly capable of making them or buying them from other countries,but not just China. Since you support a Terrorist nation which sends its terrorists to kill our people.

 

[SBUS-CXK]

Sorry to hurt your ego,Boycotting is not a sign of weakness,infact it is a sign of strong will,we did that During British Colonial rule we threw away all western made products and burnt them in the city center at the behest and Boycott call of Mahatma Gandhi,The end result this and other effects combined, we got Independence from British rule

US imposed Sanctions on us after 1999 Pokhran Nuclear tests,we came out stronger than before,US sanctions didn't hurt us as much as they expected us to beg them,infact USA was the first country to lift its sanctions to do business with India instead of India asking US to lift sanctions.

Don't beat yourself up,China is not a big market player in our country.Nor do we beg you to sell Chinese wares here in India.We are perfectly capable of making them or buying them from other countries,but not just China. Since you support a Terrorist nation which sends its terrorists to kill our people.

India wholesale merchants from Yiwu to buy cheap goods, and then sold to India. India is resisting this kind of commodity.
Do you know Yiwu?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiwu

Merchants all over the world from Yiwu wholesale goods, sold to the whole world. Look at this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiwu_market

These are the origin of the "cheap goods" in the India market...
On India's resistance, you said that is a strong will, but I did not hear that Yiwu's India wholesalers have a large reduction.
So, India's resistance to the end who hurt?

On the Chinese support terrorists, this is really an international joke, you know who support the Al Qaeda, Taliban and ISIS?
Do you think USA wants India to be strong, to become another China, threatening his interests in the India ocean? No, USA can only hope that the India containment China,