“Shaping Rules, Shipping Goods: The Southern Playbook for India”, India Narrative, September 27, 2025:
“The world of trade is being redrawn. Protectionist industrial policies, carbon-linked market access, and fast-changing digital standards are setting the pace. These shifts originate largely in the Global North, but their weight falls on the Global South. For Southern producers, the new rules arrive not as opportunities but as extra costs: more paperwork, tighter margins, and the constant risk of being left out of premium markets.
For Bharat, which has emerged as the most credible voice of the Global South, the challenge is clear. If we merely react to these pressures, we risk being boxed into low-value corners of the supply chain. If we lead with initiative, however, we can turn defensive compliance into strategic competitiveness. This is the playbook the South needs—and Bharat is positioned to draft it.
Take agriculture. For farmers across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, new climate and food-safety standards are often seen as red tape. Yet they can also become tickets to higher-value markets. Climate-smart cultivation, traceable supply chains, and digital verification of quality can lift incomes rather than erode them. The point is not to resist standards but to shape and adapt them in ways that match Southern capabilities……”
Read the full article at Indianarrative.com
