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India forced to defend US trade deal

Cape Times

February 17, 2026

NEW DELHI

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. AFP

(AFP)

INDIA is scrambling to defend a new trade deal with the US that critics have branded as a surrender to Washington, as countries navigate the fallout from President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.

The deal announced this month has rattled India’s powerful farmers’ unions, who argue that cheap US imports would throttle local producers ina country where agriculture employs more than 700 million people.

Details of the deal remain sparse, limited to a joint statement and a White House factsheet, but New Delhi says an interim pact should be finalised by the end of March.

Analysts warn that other elements of the agreement could also prove volatile.

यह कहानी Cape Times के February 17, 2026 संस्करण से ली गई है।

हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।

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