Assessing Key Outcomes of the 18th BRICS Summit on Global Trade and Agriculture

By Biswajit Dhar | Briefing Paper # 73 | October 22, 2026

Two decades after the Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, and China met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, signalling the formation of the first grouping of emerging economies, the 11-member grouping, which now represents these countries, seems to be carving out an economic agenda that challenges the dominance of the…

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India-U.S. BTA: Ten Unique Challenges for India

By Biswajit Dhar | Briefing Paper # 72 | August 3, 2026

Since early 2025, India and the U.S. have been negotiating a bilateral trade agreement (BTA), which promises to be the largest and most extensive free trade agreement India has negotiated thus far. The BTA was announced through the United States-India Joint Leaders’ Statement, and the first tranche of this mutually beneficial, multi-sector agreement was…

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India-EU FTA: Assessing the “Mother of All Deals”

By Biswajit Dhar | Briefing Paper # 71 | April 6, 2026

On 27th January this year, India and the EU concluded their free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, the most protracted trade negotiations between two economies. It was at the 2005 EU-India Summit that the EU and India expressed “serious political commitment to increase bilateral trade and economic cooperation and to tackle barriers to trade and…

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The “Trump Round” of Trade Talks Through 2025   

By Shalini Bhutani | Commentary | December 27, 2025

As 2025 draws to a close, it is plain to see that the year has been marked by US President Trump singularly undertaking a round of bilateral trade talks with several countries across the world. It is important to consider how his modus operandi tramples on democratic processes and principles in the United States. It…

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