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India Forced to Defend US Trade Deal as Doubts Mount
- On Sunday, Rahul Gandhi raised five questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling `In the name of a U.S. trade deal, we are witnessing a betrayal of Indian farmers.'
- Earlier this month, India and the United States agreed to an interim FTA framework, with India cutting import duties on US products to zero and the US reducing tariffs on Indian goods to 18 per cent from 50 per cent.
- Pressing on 'additional products' and 'non‑trade barriers,' Gandhi sought clarity on safeguards and questioned how soybean farmers in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan would withstand price shocks from genetically modified soybean oil imports.
- On Saturday, Gandhi accused the government of cheating cotton farmers and textile exporters and warned the deal could significantly harm both sectors, saying it gives Bangladesh a zero per cent tariff advantage; the Centre denied surrendering and said farmers' interests were protected.
- Gandhi warned the issue concerns India’s future and long‑term control of agriculture, asking whether the central government allows another country a long‑term hold on India's agriculture sector.
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