New Delhi: New Delhi will not capitulate to US demands for opening India’s markets to the American dairy industry with agricultural issues featuring among vexed subjects in the bilateral trade treaty negotiations, even as talks reach the much-anticipated culminating point.

Experts support the government’s strong stand that has recently been reiterated by Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal.

“The moment we allow the import of dairy products we’re totally going to kill it,” said ex-Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Tarun Shridhar.

“However, we do allow import of certain milk-based proteins for therapeutic purposes, usually on a case-to-case basis,” added the former bureaucrat who has had a long stint in agriculture and related sectors.

He recounted an experienc

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