India's agricultural exports are growing fast, and it is not the result of having negotiated reciprocal trade liberalization agreements. Its average applied tariffs on agricultural goods masks the way it changes tariff rates to "manage" trade flows.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Washington at the end of the month and while some discussion is expected on the way New Delhi blocked implementation of the WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement, President Obama would do well to engage his new counterpart in a broader philosophical discussion about the role of international trade. India's agricultural exports are growing fast, and it is not the result of having negotiated reciprocal trade liberalization agreements.The country's trade p...