India may be adding more trade partners, but its latest FTA report card comes with several red marks. A new study by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) warns that while free trade agreements have become a cornerstone of India's trade strategy, the country is grappling with six persistent challenges ranging from widening trade deficits and low utilisation of tariff benefits to manufacturing shifts abroad and increasingly intrusive trade rules.

India may be adding more trade partners, but its latest FTA report card comes with several red marks. A new study by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) warns that while…

India's utilisation of free trade agreement benefits remains low at just 20-30 per cent of eligible exports, compared with 60-70 per cent by the FTA partners, due to high…

As trade deficits increase with most FTA partners, old and new, research body suggests setting up an FTA impact monitoring authority