Indian Farmers Interest has Been Surrendered to the US to Ensure G20 Success
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Indian Farmers Interest has Been Surrendered to the US to Ensure G20 Success

United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced on Sept 8, on the sidelines of the G-20 summit, that India had agreed to reduce tariffs on certain U.S. products, including chickpeas, lentils, almonds, walnuts, apples, frozen chicken-turkey-duck, and several other agricultural products.

Corporatization of Agri and Retail Trade Will Cause Huge Employment Crisis
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Corporatization of Agri and Retail Trade Will Cause Huge Employment Crisis

In the name of economic reforms, the government is promoting corporate interests: the farm laws are meant to benefit large agribusiness corporations; 100% FDI in food retail will enable companies such as Amazon to enter food retail, and destroy small and medium retail traders.