Indian industry’s call to scrap the 2010 free‑trade agreement with ASEAN is described as short‑sighted in this editorial, which urges the government to approach the upcoming 10th FTA review “in a spirit of cooperation.” Complaints that Chinese goods are being “dumped” into India via Southeast Asia are acknowledged, but the paper argues that many ASEAN members share those concerns and that smarter rules‑of‑origin, not higher barriers, are the right fix. The editorial warns that walking away would isolate India from regional supply chains, raise consumer prices and undermine Indo‑Pacific strategic goals. Instead, India should emulate Vietnam and others: combat dumping firmly while deepening, not retreating from, high‑quality trade pacts.