Episode

India’s Return to the Trade Game

Podcast: Grand Tamasha
Published: Feb 18, 2026
Duration seconds: 2456
Processing state: not_requested
Canonical source: http://www.grandtamasha.com
Audio: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/audio/503276c1-2266-428d-bc7e-2dffc1bda4f8/episodes/51e1c6c0-091c-468e-a274-a4ea27fb743d/audio/8e023585-c8a7-4947-8fa3-971f5591110c/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=dJuLIw5J
JSON: /v1/public/podcasts/grand-tamasha-340012/episodes/india-s-return-to-the-trade-game
Markdown: /podcast/grand-tamasha-340012/india-s-return-to-the-trade-game.md

Actions

POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grand-tamasha-340012/episodes/india-s-return-to-the-trade-game/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/grand-tamasha-340012/india-s-return-to-the-trade-game.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

After years of trade skepticism, India appears to be back in the deal-making business—signing new agreements, reviving stalled talks, and announcing ambitious frameworks with key bilateral partners. To help make sense of what’s changed—and what hasn’t—Milan is joined by Mark Linscott, a nonresident senior fellow on India at the Atlantic Council who previously served as the assistant US trade representative for South and Central Asian Affairs from 2016 to 2018.