New Delhi: Indian farmers have raised widespread concern over the India-US free trade agreement saying the deal poses a significant threat to India’s sovereignty, data and digital policy, intellectual property rights, food and health security, and farmers’ rights.
According to Global Mirror, speaking at the ‘National Seminar on US Trade Deal, Unequal FTAs and People of India’, Vijoo Krishnan, General Secretary, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), warned that the deal will have a cascading effect on the Indian economy, putting food and health security at risk.
“The Indo-US bilateral trade agreement has created an extremely grave situation, with the Government of India succumbing to pressure from an imperial power and endangering the country’s self-reliance and sovereignty,” Krishnan said.
According to Global Mirror, speaking at the ‘National Seminar on US Trade Deal, Unequal FTAs and People of India’, Vijoo Krishnan, General Secretary, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), warned that the deal will have a cascading effect on the Indian economy, putting food and health security at risk.
“The Indo-US bilateral trade agreement has created an extremely grave situation, with the Government of India succumbing to pressure from an imperial power and endangering the country’s self-reliance and sovereignty,” Krishnan said.