{"id":1127,"date":"2025-07-31T21:51:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2025-07-31T21:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:51:13","slug":"trump-to-hit-india-with-25-tariffs-plus-penalty-for-trade-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=1127","title":{"rendered":"Trump to hit India with 25% tariffs – plus ‘penalty’ for trade with Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US will impose 25% tariffs on goods imported from India “plus an unspecified penalty” for buying Russian oil and weapons, President Donald Trump has said.<\/p>\n

Posting on his Truth Social platform, he said the measures would take effect from 1 August, the US deadline for a trade deal. He described India as a friend whose “tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the world”.<\/p>\n

He also criticised India’s purchases of Russian military equipment and energy “when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE”.<\/p>\n

India said it was committed to “concluding a fair, balanced and mutually beneficial bilateral trade agreement”. Last year, the US had a trade deficit of $45.8bn (\u00a326.1bn) with India.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Back in April, Trump had announced\u00a0tariffs of up to 27% on Indian goods<\/a>, which were later paused. This Friday is the latest deadline for India and other countries to either reach a trade agreement or face increased tariffs.<\/p>\n

Tariffs are taxes charged on goods imported from other countries. The US president has repeatedly taken aim at India’s high tariffs, branding it a “tariff king” and a “big abuser” of trade ties.<\/p>\n

“But now I’m in charge, and you just can’t do that,” he said earlier on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

India’s government said it was studying the implications of Trump’s remarks.<\/p>\n

It said it “attaches the utmost importance to protecting and promoting the welfare” of Indian farmers, entrepreneurs and small businesses.<\/p>\n

“The government will take all steps necessary to secure our national interest.”<\/p>\n

Since April, both sides have been racing to negotiate an agreement, with officials sometimes sounding positive and at other times, measured.<\/p>\n

“We continue to speak with our Indian counterparts. We’ve always had very constructive discussions with them,” US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said earlier this week.<\/p>\n

He also acknowledged that although he had earlier said a deal with India might be “imminent”, it needed to be understood that Delhi’s trade policy has been “protectionist for a very long time<\/a>” and has been “premised on strongly protecting their domestic market”.<\/p>\n

Greer added that Trump has been focused on securing deals that substantially open other markets to the US.<\/p>\n

Agriculture and dairy are among the key sticking points for both countries.<\/p>\n

For years,\u00a0Washington has pushed for greater access to India’s farm sector<\/a>, seeing it as a major untapped market. But India has fiercely protected it, citing food security, livelihoods and the interests of millions of small farmers.<\/p>\n

Last week, Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal told CNBC that the\u00a0agriculture sector is sensitive for India<\/a>\u00a0and that it will make sure that farmers’ interests are “well protected”.<\/p>\n

Goyal also told news agencies that\u00a0India remains “optimistic”<\/a>\u00a0about striking a deal with Washington soon.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Reuters, he said that India was making “fantastic progress” in talks with the US and that he hoped they were able to “conclude a very consequential partnership”.<\/p>\n

Until recently, the US was India’s largest trading partner, with bilateral trade reaching $190bn in 2024. Trump and Modi have set a target to more than double this figure to $500bn.<\/p>\n

India has already reduced tariffs on a range of goods – including Bourbon whiskey and motorcycles – but the US continues to run a $45bn (\u00a333bn) trade deficit with India, which Trump is keen to reduce.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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