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Learn from China, PM tells Indian industry

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Posted: Jan 13, 2008 at 1659 hrs IST

Beijing, January 13: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the domestic industry to engage China and to learn to both ‘compete and cooperate’ even as India Inc sought his intervention for early removal of trade and non-trade barriers to reverse the adverse trade deficit which touched a record USD 8.6 billion last year.

"Indian business is ready to face the brave new world of globalisation. China is an important part of that brave new world. We must engage China and learn to both compete and cooperate," Singh, who began a three-day maiden visit here, said at a brainstorming session with the business delegation accompanying him ahead of the Sino-Indian business summit on Monday.

Urging Indian business to ‘think big’, the Prime Minister asked the industry leaders to study China and to identify opportunities for business and greater engagement, stressing that their was enough space in the world for both countries to continue to grow.

At a time when there are concerns about a global economic slowdown, China and India can sustain global growth through their own development, Singh said.

Singh observed that a large part of the thinking in India about China is shaped by western views of China, and that there is need for greater investment in India in a better understanding of the processes of change in China.

CII President Sunil Bharti Mittal said the industry leaders raised the issue of certain trade-related barriers faced by sectors like pharmaceutical industry on issues like generic product registration in China.

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