US tariffs spark fury for India's farmers. Hello, this is the Marketplace Morning Report,

and we're live from the BBC World Service. I'm Leanna Byrne. Good morning. So farmers in India are

gearing up for a nationwide protest next week in response to the 25% tariffs the US has slapped on

Indian imports. The duties were announced just days ago and India's

biggest exports, especially agriculture, are under pressure. The BBC's Davina Gupta is in Delhi for us.

Hi, Davina. How are you? So farmers in India have called for a nationwide day of protest on August

the 13th. Devena, what are we expecting from those protests?

Well, we expecting that one of India's biggest farmers union, which is Samyukht Kisan,

Morcha, they would be protesting along with the 10 central trade unions. And they are just

putting their voice for local is what they've said. And this is all coming

in the backdrop of a trade deal that India is negotiating with the U.S. Now, this is a larger

bilateral trade agreement where the U.S. has been asking India for access to its agriculture

sector. And India's agriculture sector is massive.

There are tens of millions of small farmers who are employed here.

And these farmers are saying that if you allow US goods to come in at lower tariffs,

then it is our livelihoods that are at stake.

India has been opposed to genetically modified foods from the

U.S. It has kept its dairy sector also close to imported goods and has kept its own

farming sectors tariffs quite high to protect these domestic farmers. But as these negotiations go

on and there's pressure from the U.S. for India to concede ground when it comes to its

agriculture sector. These farmers are coming together with traders union to say that it is one

sacrosanct area, so to speak, for India's economy that should not be touched. But it seems like

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