標題：T’s Trade War With China Could Be Good for India. But Is It Ready?

副標題：While India dreams of becoming a new factory to the world, it manufacturers are struggling to find skilled workers, secure components and overcome red tape.

正文：Even when India was staring down the barrel of a 27 percent tariff on most of its exports to the United States, business executives and government officials saw an upside. India’s biggest economic rival, China, and its smaller competitors like Vietnam were facing even worse. India has been pushing hard in recent years to become a manufacturing alternative to China, and it looked as if it had suddenly gained an advantage.

知識點：stare down the barrel idiom.

to face a very difficult or dangerous situation. 面臨嚴峻形勢

e.g. The industry is staring down the barrel of major layoffs. 該行業正面臨大規模裁員的危機。

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