Bilateral trade reached $129 billion in 2024, with India enjoying a surplus. US agricultural imports from India rose, but concerns persist over subsidised US products undercutting Indian farmers. Agriculture employs about 42 per cent of India’s population, making it politically explosive – as seen in the 2021 farm law protests.
As the Mutual Evaluation advances, the choices Sri Lanka makes will shape both its international financial standing and the health of its democratic space.
Guterres has called on Taliban authorities to lift restrictions on women and girls, protect media freedom and due process, prevent further violations of the general amnesty, and end corporal punishment.
As the Mutual Evaluation advances, the choices Sri Lanka makes will shape both its international financial standing and the health of its democratic space.