Cross-border commerce, long suppressed by political rivalry, is growing, as tariffs fall and barriers to trade are dismantled.

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However, that has generally come at a price: as subsidies were withdrawn, tariffs often rose, before later starting to fall.

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Mr. Srivastava said as coal imports rise, electricity tariffs would have to be designed in a way that factors in a rise or fall in imported coal prices.

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