Following the U.S. imposition of a steep 50 percent tariff on Indian goods, Washington-based South Asia analyst Michael Kugelman stressed that India must respond firmly and assert that it will not be intimidated by the strong stance of President Donald Trump. Kugelman highlighted that India’s competitors in textile exports, such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Vietnam, benefit from lower

The ongoing US tariffs on Indian goods, particularly those targeting India’s imports of Russian oil, have emerged as a key diplomatic lever ahead of the scheduled Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.US President Donald Trump recently imposed a combined 50% tariff—25% reciprocal duty and an additional 25% levy—on Indian purchases of Russian oil, which has sharply escalated trade tensions between