New Delhi offers soya beans and sugar to Beijing

Sugarcane stalks for sale in a market in Kolkata, India. New Delhi's offer to export sugar and soya beans to China comes amid a trade spat between China and the United States.
Sugarcane stalks for sale in a market in Kolkata, India. New Delhi's offer to export sugar and soya beans to China comes amid a trade spat between China and the United States. PHOTO: REUTERS
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NEW DELHI • India has offered to export soya beans and sugar to China amid a trade spat between China and the United States.

Dr Rajiv Kumar, vice-chairman of Niti Aayog, the Indian government's policy body, made the offer at the fifth India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue, which was held in China last week.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 21, 2018, with the headline New Delhi offers soya beans and sugar to Beijing. Subscribe