India has streamlined its visa rules for Chinese professionals, officials said, a significant move to strengthen economic ties with Beijing and reduce delays that have hampered high-tech production valued in the billions due to shortages of skilled technicians.

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi slowly warming relations with China amid a backdrop of U.S. tariffs, New Delhi scrapped a layer of administrative vetting and shortened business visa processing to under four weeks, the officials said. Advertisement

Reuters’ Tariff Watch newsletter notes this shift as part of ongoing coverage of global trade and tariff developments. Reuters’ reporting marks the first disclosure of the policy change.

After a border clash between India and China in the Himalayan region in 2020, India had tightened

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