Trump Slaps India With 50% Tariffs, Upending Ties With Modi

A container ship in Mundra, Gujarat, India. — A container ship in Mundra, Gujarat, India.
Photographer: Sumit Dayal/Bloomberg

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By Shruti Srivastava and Dan Strumpf

August 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM UTC

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August 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM UTC

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President Donald Trump imposed a crushing 50% tariff on Indian goods to punish the country for buying Russian oil, upending a decades-long push by Washington to forge closer ties with New Delhi.