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External trade (May)

India’s goods trade deficit widened in May, but should drop back over the coming months, helped by a combination of easing oil prices and restrictions on gold imports. India isn’t particularly exposed to a more protectionist US – exports to the US are equivalent to less than 2% of India’s GDP.

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