New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Non-tariff barriers remain the single biggest obstacle in trade ties between India and China, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday, pointing out that an expanding trade imbalance continues to weigh heavily against the country despite years of bilateral engagement.

The Minister made these observations during an interactive session with Michael Kugelman of the Atlantic Council on 'India's economic edge', held on the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Thailand.

Addressing the trade friction with Beijing, Sitharaman said that, "So non-tariff barriers are the biggest hurdle in the trade between India and China. That is one, and second, if the approac...