No Entry For GM Crops, Says New Delhi; India-US Trade Talks Hit A Sacred Wall | World News
New Delhi: Genetically modified (GM) crops, no matter how urgent the United States steal, the more they will not exceed India’s borders. As the commercial negotiations between the new Delhi and Washington enter an important stage, those who come from inside say that a red line is not ready to argue.
“There are things that are not related to negotiation. Some things are a matter of principle,” he said.
This principle says GM is Egypt and soybean. While American negotiators make agricultural access a central demand, while the India suppresses India for a wider entrance gate for US farm goods, the new Delhi does not flash especially in GM imports.
Over the years, the issue turned into a symbolic struggle only from trade dispute to sovereignty, food safety and base policy.
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) called them “non -tariff obstacles” to them again by repeating India’s restrictions on GM products. However, the Indian officials remain immobile because of the strict stance taken by local groups closely in compliance with the power organization.
Last month, if the message of Sangh subsidiaries insisted on force America’s GM plants to the Indian market, there would be no trade agreement. The warning of the business standard reiterated the emotions of influential groups such as Bharatia (BKS) and Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), which has been opposed to agricultural concessions for a long time in sectors such as Washington, especially in the sectors and GM shapes.
Their argument? Food safety. BKS warned that allowing crops to India, especially without open labeling or transparency, can sabotage domestic agricultural ecosystems and endanger health safety standards. On the other hand, SJM sees this as a direct attack on economic self -confidence.
By the way, the clock is passing. The US officials pointed out to a deadline set by President Donald Trump, who wanted to revive the trade agenda, and implied specially for the urgency of that moment. Trump marked August 1 as a red letter. If no intermediate agreement has been ink until then, India can potentially be hit by mutual tariffs as 26 percent high.
Indian trade negotiators are not indifferent to this pressure. However, according to the officials involved in this process, the sixth interview round will take place only in the second half of August after Trump’s final delivery date ends. Any hope for a short -term solution does not seem realistic at best.
As an official says, “We do not look at the compromise in areas touching the lives of millions.” In other words, GM Egypt is outside the table. And perhaps, at least the agreement is for now.
