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India Wanted to Become The World’s Toymaker. Then Tariffs Happened

India Wanted to Become The World’s Toymaker. Then Tariffs Happened

Update: 2025-12-09
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The US tariff war with China sent American companies scrambling to find alternative manufacturing hubs. India looked promising until the White House upended everything. 

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, K. Oanh Ha heads to India, where she goes inside two toy factories scrambling to adapt to Washington’s shifting trade policies. How sky-high tariffs are undercutting India’s ambitions to take China’s crown as the world’s factory floor and forcing American manufacturers to make a tough choice. 

Read more: Cutting Ties With China Is Harder Than Companies Expected

Further listening: An American Toymaker Struggles to Break Up With China
The American Toymaker Suing Trump Over Destructive Tariffs

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India Wanted to Become The World’s Toymaker. Then Tariffs Happened

India Wanted to Become The World’s Toymaker. Then Tariffs Happened

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