New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- The deliberate use of economic tools to achieve foreign policy or national security objectives, such as forcing a country to stop hostilities with a third party or to open up its markets, has rapidly increased in the past few years, India's Economic Survey 2025-26 said on Thursday amid disruptions caused by the trade policies of the US.

The Economic Survey, which reflects the finance ministry's views on the state of the economy, referred to tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on trade partners across the world as the "most disruptive" upheaval experienced by the global economy in the past year and said the global economic environment remains uncertain because of geopolitical tensions and trade disruptions. ...