India hits out after US announces additional tariff on Indian Imports
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ August 6,2025
India today reiterated its response against the United States additional tariff imposition saying that the actions are unfair, unjustified and unreasonable.
This comes after United States President Donald Trump imposed an additional tariff of 25 per cent on India. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said that India will take all actions necessary to protect its national interests.
Highlighting that the United States has recently targeted India’s oil imports from Russia, the MEA said that New Delhi has already made clear its position on these issues, including the fact that country’s imports are based on market factors and done with the overall objective of ensuring the energy security of 1.4 billion people of India.
The Ministry said that it is extremely unfortunate that the US should choose to impose additional tariffs on India for actions that several other countries are also taking in their own national interest. The United States has in recent days targeted India’s oil imports from Russia.(Courtesy-NewsOnAir)
Earlier in the day USA President Donald Trump imposed additional 25 percent tariffs on India.After the order, the total tariff on Indian goods, barring a small exemption list, will be 50 per cent.
Trump signed an executive order imposing the additional tariff less than 14 hours before his initial tariffs were to come into effect. The will be in force on August 27,2025
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