The first step could be to resume cross-LoC trade which has always operated under restricted conditions, and is as much a mean to sustain relationships as it is to trade. Concerns around transparency have negatively impacted this trade over the last decade (BRIEF report Unilateral Decisions, Bilateral Losses). The lack of transparency needs to be addressed in the complete ecosystem which includes the standard operating procedure, invoicing, goods and services tax norms, and trader registration. This could be accompanied by an intent to start a “border haat” on, say, the Wagah-Attari border, once COVID-19 has been seen off. A border haat is a weekly market that enables low-value trading through face to face contact between communities. Operating at four locations so far on the India-Bangladesh border, these markets have enabled people-to-people contact and renewal of cross-border relationships, provided economic opportunities for vendors, porters, transporters, and buyers, and red