Amitendu Palit, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, believes India may not have much space to shape its trade negotiations with the United States. “India has not got a chance to set its agenda in these negotiations. It is reacting to an agenda set by the US,” he said.

Palit noted that several countries that have struck deals with the US “are not sure whether they have achieved win-win outcomes or not.” He added that most accepted what was offered “after prolonged negotiations using suppressive and coercive tactics.”

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