Ford car assembly in Tamil Nadu, India. - File pic
NEW DELHI: When Ford Motor Co built its first factory in India in the mid-1990s, US carmakers believed they were buying into a boom – the next China.
The economy had been liberalised in 1991, the government was welcoming investors, and the middle class was expected to fuel a consumption frenzy.
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