FTAs not a one-way street; imports equally important for competitiveness: NITI Aayog VC Suman Bery
Apr 20, 2026
Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are playing a key role in diversifying India's trade, but they must be viewed as a two-way mechanism where imports are as important as exports for building competitiveness, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Suman Bery said on Monday.
"FTAs are not a one-way street, nor should they be," Bery said, adding that "in the way that we are seeing them as a tool for market access, others are seeing it as a tool for market access to us."