India-US in serious diplomatic crisis; Trump Imposes Additional 25% Tariffs on India
SJ Singh/Diaspora Correspondent/ royalpatiala.in News/ August 6,2025
USA President Donald Trump on Wednesday 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.
The move threatens to further complicate U.S.-Indian relations and comes shortly after a Indian government source said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit China for the first time in over seven years later this month.
India and the US are engaged in a serious diplomatic crisis, with Donald Trump saying on Tuesday that he will increase the 25% tariff on Indian exports to the US “substantially over the next 24 hours”.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday slapped an additional 25 per cent tariff on goods coming from India as penalty for New Delhi’s continued buying of Russian oil.
Last week, the US President lumped India with Russia as “dead economies”, criticising the country for its trade barriers and continued purchases of Russian weapons and energy.
