<h1>India Develops Strategies to Shield Exporters from Protectionist Trade Policies, Aiming for USD 118 Billion by 2024-25</h1> India is developing strategies to protect its exporters from potential challenges posed by protectionist trade policies, as stated by the Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry. At EEPC India's awards ceremony, he emphasized India's growing market and its commitment to securing favorable trade terms. The event celebrated 106 award winners for their achievements in engineering exports, which surpassed USD 100 billion for the first time in 2021-2022. EEPC India aims for USD 118 billion in exports by 2024-25. Challenges such as high steel prices and export credit costs for MSMEs were also highlighted, with government measures to support exporters noted.