{"id":14,"date":"2025-05-19T07:26:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T07:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zenscm.com\/blog\/?p=14"},"modified":"2025-05-19T07:26:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T07:26:24","slug":"india-navigates-free-trade-agreements-ftas-with-caution-prioritizing-msmes-and-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenscm.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/india-navigates-free-trade-agreements-ftas-with-caution-prioritizing-msmes-and-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"India Navigates Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Caution, Prioritizing MSMEs and Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Government of India has adopted a cautious and strategic approach toward Free Trade Agreements, placing priority on safeguarding the interests of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar emphasized the importance of aligning trade negotiations with domestic policies to ensure that FTAs support rather than harm Indian economic sectors, particularly manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/zenscm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Jaishankar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India&#8217;s Ambassador to the United States, waits to speak at the Carnegie Endowment on January 29, 2014 in Washington, DC. Jaishankar spoke about US-India relations and his new posting as ambassador to the United States. AFP PHOTO\/Brendan SMIALOWSKI        (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the need to reconsider ASEAN-India trade agreements due to adverse impacts on Indian manufacturing, and pointed to the complex non-trade-related issues in negotiations with the European Union and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding disrupted shipping routes in the Red Sea due to ongoing conflicts, India is actively working to mitigate related economic impacts through deploying naval assets and engaging in diplomatic efforts to ensure stability in West Asia and the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government\u2019s approach reflects its commitment to protect vulnerable sectors while strengthening India\u2019s global trade stature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/article\/business\/3182615-india-navigates-ftas-with-caution-prioritizes-msmes-and-farmers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of India has adopted a cautious and strategic approach toward Free Trade Agreements, placing priority on safeguarding the interests of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and farmers. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar emphasized the importance of aligning trade negotiations with domestic policies to ensure that FTAs support rather than harm Indian economic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenscm.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenscm.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenscm.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenscm.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenscm.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zenscm.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"https:\/\/zenscm.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenscm.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenscm.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenscm.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}