Having Cake and Eat it Too The U.S. is a major food exporter and its sales to India are relatively small and steady due to the border measures it encounters. By contrast, India demands the right to high border measures due to it being a poor country with food insecurity, despite the fact it exports twice as much food to the U.S. as it imports from America. New Delhi has operated a “Comprehensive Export Policy” covering agriculture since 2018. It typically targets the U.S. and Europe with its export policy. A major constraint is its lack of adequate safety protocols. For example, In the past six months nearly a third of the spice exports from Mahashian Di Hatti to the U.S. have been blocked due to the presence of salmonella. Ove...

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