evidence: After two years of trade suspension between India and China through the mountain passes connecting the two countries, primarily due to the Covid pandemic, the Himachal Pradesh government has sought clearance from the Union ministry to resume the business through Shipki La pass in the tribal Kinnaur district. [...] The bilateral trade through Shipki La pass reopened in 1993 after it was shut due to the Indo-China war in 1962. Shipki La is a mountain pass that connects the Kinnaur district to the Tibetan Autonomous Region in China.