James Lambert is director of economic consulting for Asia at Oxford Economics in Singapore. Thang Nguyen is lead economist macro consulting for Asia at the company.
Export bans, new taxes and subsidy cuts challenge vital industrial sector

Laborers separate husks from grains of paddy rice at a wholesale grain market on the outskirts of New Delhi: Export restrictions are a grossly inefficient solution to rising prices. © NurPhoto/Getty Images
James Lambert is director of economic consulting for Asia at Oxford Economics in Singapore. Thang Nguyen is lead economist macro consulting for Asia at the company.