[gwright]

This is a common argument but it always seems to assume that the value of increased sales to specific group of producers is somehow more important than value of the competing goods to the disbursed group of consumers.

Specific groups of producers seem to always be able to influence government policies in their favor while the disbursed interests of everyone else get discounted.

And just to be clear, I'm not talking specifically about India, this phenomena is common everywhere.

[gherkin0]

There are more factors than just goods and sales though, like the independence and autonomy of the country/community, it's level of infrastructure, social development, etc. Local producers can help with those factors, while foreign producers dumping reject goods won't.

[gwright]

Of course there are other factors. But that doesn't mean the dispersed interest of consumers should be valued at zero just because they don't have a lobbyist and no one donates to a politicians campaign after explaining how they should let Apple sell used iPhones.