US hits India with 25% tariffs, penalties as trade talks drag on
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US President Donald Trump shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, on February 25, 2020. — Reuters
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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States is still in trade talks with India, even before it announced that 25 % tariffs on Indian imports would begin on Friday.
A 25 % tariff, as well as a fine fined by Trump in the morning social media post, will put pressure on the world’s most populous democracy.
Later in the White House, the Republican president indicated that there was a wogel room.
“Now they now have the highest taxes in the world, they are willing to cut it too much,” Trump told reporters. “Now we’re talking to India – we’ll see what happens … you will know by the end of this week.”
The data of 25 % will combine India more strictly than other major trading partners, and will threaten to end months’ talks between the two countries, which will balance Washington’s strategic partner and China.
The fine was not clear. Trump initially indicated that it was buying Russian weapons and oils for India, and that it had non -financial trade barriers.
When asked about fines in the White House, he said it was partially due to trade issues and partially due to India’s involvement in the BRICS group’s developing countries, which he described as a hostility to US Trump in July, said that the United States would impose a “US” of the United States.
India’s announcement was made when countries face Friday’s deadline so that they can reach deals at mutual rates or slap Trump’s tariffs on them. The White House said that Trump on Wednesday cited national security, signed an announcement on the order of 50 % of the revenue on some copper imports.
Early warnings
Earlier, the White House had warned India on its high -average Applied 39 % agricultural products, which rates 45 % on vegetable oils and around 50 % on apples and corn.
“Although India is our friend, we have done relatively little business with them because their prices are high, the most in the world, and they have the most rigorous and unpleasant non -financial trading barriers in the world,” Trump wrote on the social position of truth.
“They have always bought a large majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are China’s biggest buyers, as well as Russia, at a time when everyone wants Russia to stop killing in Ukraine – not all things are good!”
In response to his social position, the Indian government said it was studying the implications of Trump’s announcements and was dedicated to achieving a fair trade agreement with the United States.
“India and the United States have been engaged in negotiations at the end of a fair, balanced and mutual bilateral trade deal over the past few months,” he said.
Russia was the top oil provider in India during the first six months of 2025, which earned a total of 35 % of the goods.
The United States, the world’s largest economy, is currently a trade deficit of $ 45.7 billion with India, the fifth largest.
White House economic adviser Kevin Hast said that Trump has been disappointed with the progress of trade talks with India and believes that the announcement of a 25 % tariff will help the situation.
The new US tax on imports from India will be higher than in many other countries, which recently contracts with the Trump administration. Vietnam’s tariff is 20 % and Indonesia is set at 19 %, while Levy is 15 % for Japan and the European Union.
“This is a huge blow to Indian exporters, especially in fields like textile, shoes and furniture, because 25 % tariffs will make them non -serious against Vietnam and China rivals,” said SC Ralhan, president of the Federation of Indian Export Organization.
Controversial issues
US and Indian negotiators have organized numerous round debates to address controversial issues, especially access to the market in India for US agricultural and milk products.
In its latest statement, India said it has linked the utmost importance for the protection and promotion of the welfare of its farmers, businessmen and small businesses.
“The government will take all the necessary steps to secure our national interest, as has been a matter of other trade agreements,” he said.
The blow came to end the first phase of the trade deal through Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Trump’s fall and to increase bilateral trade by 2030 to $ 500 billion, which was $ 191 billion in 2024.
Since the short but deadly conflict with India’s South Asian rival Pakistan, New Delhi has been unhappy with Trump’s proximity to Islamabad and has protested, which has shadowed trade talks.
“Politically, the relationship is in its most difficult place since the mid -1990s,” said Ashok Malik, partner of the advisory firm Asia Group. “The trust has diminished. President Trump’s messaging has damaged the United States’ India’s partnership for many years in the two capitals.”
In addition to access to farm products, the United States, in a report released in March, flagged concerns about import quality requirements from India’s growing burden, in many of its many non -Turf barriers to foreign trade.
New prices will affect the exports of Indian goods to the United States, which is estimated at around $ 87 billion in 2024, including labor -related products such as clothing, pharmaceuticals, jewelry and jewelry and petrochemicals.
