India EU FTA Explained: Agriculture has been a major stumbling block in the still-to-be concluded free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the United States (US). The US has just 1.88 million farms, as per the most recent survey in 2024, while it was 9.07 million for the EU in 2020. Story continues below this adIndia’s EU farm strategyAshok Gulati, distinguished professor at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, feels that the threat of farm imports from the EU is not as much as from the US. Simply put, Indian farmers have less to fear from a deal with the EU than with the US. “If necessary, we can levy a 15% sterilisation duty to neutralise the subsidies that they are giving to their farmers.

Source: Indian Express January 26, 2026 19:12 UTC