<h1>IndiaUS trade deal cuts reciprocal tariffs to 18% and prompts calls for parliamentary scrutiny and protection of livelihoods</h1> The announced India-US trade agreement reduces the reciprocal tariff on Indian goods from 25% to 18%, and the note warns that such tariff cuts and removal of nontariff protections will harm farmers, workers and domestic industry; the predicted effect is erosion of food security and economic sovereignty. The commentary demands that the full agreement be tabled before Parliament and the public and urges rejection of any clause that compromises livelihoods, asserting parliamentary scrutiny and protective measures as necessary mitigations.