The Export Promotion Mission (EPM) is set to boost India’s export competitiveness and significantly help MSMEs and first-time exporters. The mission is aimed at helping exporters identify new markets and introduce new products. It will also significantly improve ease of doing business. The credit guarantee scheme would ensure affordable trade finance for MSMEs. On the back of measures to facilitate trade, the engineering goods sector hopes to maintain positive growth in the current fiscal 2025-26. The high US tariff which took effect in the last week of August added to the pains of the sector but the sector is hopeful that an interim trade deal with the US would be signed soon. "All indications point to India also concluding a comprehensive trade deal with the EU. Possibly, negotiations with other trading partners may also achieve finality, leading to significant gains for the engineering sector," Pankaj Chadha, Chairman, Engineering Export Promotion Council of India (EEPC India) said.