NEW DELHI : India’s recent move to restrict Bangladeshi exports through land ports is a “calibrated” and “disproportionately lower-level” response to Dhaka’s increasing trade curbs on Indian goods, Ajay Srivastava, founder of the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI), said on Monday.

Recently Siddharth Zarabi, Srivastava warned that Bangladesh is “inflicting damage on themselves” and that “they cannot do anything to India”.

“Bangladesh used to be a great garment exporting country. They were adding other products like leather into their kitty. Somehow, since the . . .