Farmers Slam India-US Trade Deal, Call for Nationwide Protests on Feb 12

• Farmer organizations, including SKM and AIKS, condemn the India-US trade deal, announcing nationwide protests on February 12.
• SKM alleges the interim trade agreement is a "total surrender" of Indian agriculture to American corporations, demanding Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal's resignation.
• Protests will involve burning effigies of US President Donald Trump and PM Narendra Modi in villages across the country.
• Farmer leaders warn the deal will negatively impact the agriculture and dairy sectors by opening markets to US products like dried distillers’ grains and soybean oil.
• The deal involves India reducing import duties on US industrial goods and agricultural products, while the US cuts tariffs on some Indian goods.