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    India plans unaffected by Covid-19: Ho Sung Song, global president, Kia Motors

    The concern of trade barriers is mainly between China and other developed countries; it does not apply to emerging markets. Our plan is to export from India to emerging markets and not to the US or other developed economies, he said.

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    Covid-19 is a long term virus, not a short term virus. I don't think the sales in the Indian market will recover in one or two years. And that is true not only for India but for other emerging markets too, Song said.

    The emerging markets around the world are under a heavy influence of Covid-19, but India plans will remain unaffected, says Ho Sung Song, the global president of Kia Motors Corporation. In his first interview to an international media Song told ET, “We will use India to serve the demand for not only the domestic market but also the exports to emerging markets. Our plans for India have not changed.”Speaking over a video call from South Korea,
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