Indian Apparel Unlikely to Benefit from Bangla Crisis; Cross-Border Trade Remains at Standstill

Indian Apparel Unlikely to Benefit from Bangla Crisis; Cross-Border Trade Remains at Standstill
No Traffic Cross-border trade between India and Bangladesh has come to a halt since the current phase of violence began in the latter. [Representative picture] Milin John / Unsplash

Border posts remain clogged, orders and payments are stuck, and amidst all there’s also a lot of talk that the political upheaval in neighbouring Bangladesh could see shifting of orders to India. But, till government tweaks some policies, Indian apparel manufacturers making hay from the Bangla crisis appears wishful thinking.