<h1>Supply chain diversification and self-reliant industrial policy guide India's trade and connectivity strategy in a geopolitically driven era.</h1> The address stresses that geopolitical pressures now outweigh pure economic logic, making supply chain diversification and strengthened domestic industrial and technological capacity essential. India pairs self-reliance with new bilateral trade negotiations and connectivity initiatives to secure national needs, promote industrial growth, and align trade policy with strategic as well as people-centric objectives.