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India has tightened surveillance of incoming shipments amid mounting concerns that Chinese goods could flood its market, following the US’ decision to slap reciprocal tariffs on major trading partners.
The Department of Commerce has been holding back-to-back internal meetings, chaired by Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal, to firm up a strategy in this connection. “The commerce department is alert,” said a person familiar with the matter. “It had been closely monitoring the import situation even before the US announced its reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday. The US has been levying additional tariffs on Chinese goods.”
On April 2 (Eastern Time), US President
