<h1>Tariff retaliation and trade coercion: India urged to defend sovereign procurement and market protections in FTA talks.</h1> Unilateral tariff measures and threats are characterised as coercive attempts to influence India's procurement and market policies, prompting a defence of India's right to secure defence equipment and energy supplies. The statement identifies key FTA sticking points-market access for GM crops, medical device deregulation, and cross border data flows-and asserts India's use of exemptions for certain tariffs and its policy of data localisation to protect farmers, small industries, and long term economic self reliance.