It has been 10 days now since Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2026-27 in parliament. Over the last few weeks, we’ve also seen the government celebrating international trade deals, with the UK, EU and US. The Wire’s Jahnavi Sen discusses these recent developments with Himanshu, who teaches economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Beena Pallical, who works with the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights, and Anirban Bhattacharya, who is associated with the Centre for Financial Accountability.