Has India agreed to erase its red lines – protections for the dairy and agriculture sectors – in the trade deal announced by US President Donald Trump on Monday night? Reuters on Tuesday morning quoted an unnamed Indian official as saying that Delhi has agreed to “partly” open the heavily guarded agriculture sector to the US. The report mentions the tricky dairy sector that India is averse to open. Does it mean India has committed about 85 per cent of its total budget only on goods from America? He said that if India has agreed to cheap US maize, cotton, soya bean, it would devastate India’s farmers and producers.

Source: The Telegraph February 03, 2026 13:48 UTC