Emerging global trade arrangements and preferential market access for competing countries pose new challenges to India’s cotton and textile sector through tariff disadvantages and potential trade diversion. To remain competitive, India must strengthen trade engagement with key markets, reduce production and logistics costs, expand man-made fibre and technical textile capacity, promote sustainable and traceable cotton, and diversify export destinations. A coordinated push toward scale, value addition, and policy support will be essential to build a resilient, future-ready textile ecosystem and sustain India’s position in global supply chains.
Click to View MoreThe AI surge offers the Global South a chance to shift from data suppliers to agenda setters, avoiding digital colonization. India’s IndiaAI Mission and Digital Public Infrastructure model inclusive innovation. Despite compute gaps and talent drain, regional coalitions, sovereign AI, and ethical governance can drive equitable growth.
Click to View MoreIn February 2026, India and the GCC finalized the ToR for an FTA under the Act West policy, aiming to expand ties beyond energy into renewables, investment, and diaspora welfare. Backed by $178.56 billion trade, it supports IMEC and targets $300 billion trade by 2030.
Click to View MoreIndia and Pakistan share a complex relationship shaped by partition, wars, and unresolved disputes like Kashmir. Relations fluctuate between dialogue and hostility, influenced by terrorism concerns, nuclear deterrence, regional politics, and fragile confidence building efforts. Despite talks, mistrust remains, limiting trade, people-to-people contact, and stability.
Click to View MoreThe expiry of the New START Treaty between United States and Russia risks ending nuclear restraint, eroding transparency and weakening the NPT. China’s refusal to join talks adds complexity, while India may face pressure to reassess credible minimum deterrence, highlighting the need for multilateral risk-reduction frameworks.
Click to View MoreThe February 2026 trade deal between India and the United States cut tariffs to boost textiles and pharmaceuticals, benefiting hubs like Tiruppur. In return, India pledged reduced Russia energy imports, raising concerns over strategic autonomy and persistent steel tariff barriers.
Click to View MoreIndia and the EU have concluded the BTIA, creating a two-billion-people market. By cutting tariffs and opening services, it boosts Indian exports, global value-chain integration, and IMEC. Despite CBAM and ratification hurdles, it marks a historic strategic and economic compact.
Click to View MoreThe post-WWII rules-based order is fraying due to great-power unilateralism, UNSC paralysis, and intensifying geopolitics, harming smaller states most. India responds by championing reformed multilateralism, strategic autonomy, and Global South interests, positioning itself as a Vishwa Mitra shaping a fairer, more stable global order.
Click to View MoreAn Action Against Hunger report warns of a deepening global food crisis, centred on Africa and Nigeria, driven by conflict, climate shocks, economic collapse, and funding gaps. With 295 million food insecure, it exposes SDG-2 failure and urges urgent humanitarian-development-peace action.
Click to View MoreThe EU-Mercosur FTA, signed in January 2026, seeks to form a major free-trade zone and counter China’s influence. Ratification faces resistance over Amazon deforestation, EU regulations, and farmer protests. For India, it risks trade diversion but offers lessons for negotiating its own EU trade agreement.
Click to View MoreIndia launched the Responsible Nations Index to assess countries on ethical governance, environmental care, and global well-being. By challenging Western-led indices, the RNI shifts focus from power to accountability, promotes a Global South narrative, and positions India as a responsible Vishwa Bandhu in a multipolar world.
Click to View MoreIndia–UAE relations have evolved into a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership anchored in CEPA, expanding trade, energy ties, and strategic convergence. However, India’s trade deficit, West Asian instability, and China’s rising footprint require a balanced, forward-looking approach to sustain momentum and mutual strategic gains.
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