India's trade deficit

India’s trade deficit exposes its export weakness

The CAD remains manageable, but an $86.1 billion as India's trade deficit exposes the weakness of merchandise export base. #CAD #tradedeficit Read more »
Trade and sustainable development

Trade and sustainable development rules bring forests into FTA strategy

India’s Trade and sustainable development shift is moving forests into market access, export compliance and FTA negotiations. Read more »
India-UK CETA

India-UK CETA puts exporters’ capacity to test

India-UK CETA cuts tariffs across most goods, but exporters must still meet strict origin, quality and delivery requirements. #tariffs #India #UK Read more »
trade negotiations

Trade negotiations and the fear of exclusion

Trade negotiations now work by making rivals fear exclusion from preferential tariff networks. #trade #ASEAN Read more »
India-US trade deal

India-US trade deal runs into USTR tariff wall

The USTR’s 12.5% tariff proposal has turned India-US trade deal negotiations into a test of policy autonomy. #trade #US Read more »
global imbalances

Global imbalances expose the limits of industrial policy

Tariffs and subsidies may serve domestic politics, but they cannot correct the savings and investment gaps behind global imbalances. #tariffs #investment #trade Read more »
India-Canada trade pact

Trade agreements have become India’s strategic tools

India’s trade agreements are no longer technical documents - they are instruments of economic statecraft shaping supply chains and citizen welfare. Read more »
India-Germany ties

How India-Germany MSME ties could reshape European sourcing

As supply chains shift, India-Germany ties will focus on MSMEs to anchor skills, technology and sustainable manufacturing. Read more »
new world order

Stalled FTAs expose unresolved choices in India’s growth model

India’s stalled FTAs with the US and EU reflect deeper tensions between global rules and domestic political economy. #EU #FTA #UK Read more »
Mexico's tariff hike, India trade

Mexico’s tariff hike exposes India’s trade vulnerability

Mexico’s tariff hike is a reminder that predictable free trade is fading, forcing India to rely on strategy, not sentiment. #Mexico #trade Read more »