Importing guidelines in India in line with its own interests, and social standards, highlights the GTRI report

Experts have emphasized that many import guidelines in India are in line with local economic needs and social morals, even if it was a new report issued by the American Trade Representative has put a sign of concerns about many barriers of tariffs and non -definitions imposed by India.

“Many proposed changes – in areas such as agriculture, digital governance, and public health – said serious risks to India’s ability to protect its small farmers, maintain food safety, support deep roots, and secure its digital future,” said Ajay Srivastava, founder of the World Trade Research Initiative in a report. He also stressed that India will not circulate the space of politics, economic security, or general luxury to satisfy foreign interests. “The reforms must serve the people of India – not only profit margins for foreign companies,” called the report.

For example, one of the issues that has been raised in the 2025 national trade estimate report is “exhausted” requirements about dairy imports. He has indicated that India requires that dairy products designated for food be derived from animals that have not consumed feed that contain internal organs, a blood meal, or tissues of the origin of the rhetoric or pigs, and that the exporting countries that bear witness to these conditions, which lack animal health or justify human health.

“This condition, along with the requirements of the recent dairy health certificate, the requirements for registration of the new facility, and high tariff rates, still hinder the market access to export dairy products and dairy products to India, which is one of the largest dairy market in the world,” has highlighted the USTR report.

However, the GTRI report indicated that India may never allow such relaxation. “The United States considers this very strict, but imagine eating butter made of cow’s milk that was feeding on meat and blood from another cow. India may not allow it.”

Likewise, the United States criticized the strict license to import in India for re -manufactured goods and medical devices. In 2024, India stopped issuing licenses for the renewed American medical devices, affecting exports. “While the United States believes that this unnecessary red tape, India is concerned that relaxing the rules may lead to a flood of negative or low -quality products that may harm consumers and harm local industries,” the GTRI report referred to.

Another example has GTRI is the way the United States continues to push India to dismantle all regulations in the digital arena to allow a free data flow to American technology companies. “For the United States, digital trade policies in India are particularly controversial. The Indian Reserve Bank imposes localization of data, which requires foreign payment service providers to store Indian data locally,” the report said. She said that India believes that this is a burden on the services of the global cloud and payment, but that India defends it according to the necessity of data and security.