US Tariffs on India

India announced reforms on Wednesday to simplify import quality checks, the latest effort to break a months-long deadlock with Washington over punitive tariffs that have reached 50 percent on Indian goods.​

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday delivered a spirited response to President Donald Trump's characterization of India as a "dead economy," asserting that the country is on track to become the world's third-largest economy and calling for unity behind domestic products.

US President Donald Trump's controversial dismissal of India as a "dead economy" has triggered fierce political backlash in New Delhi and an ominous nuclear warning from Moscow, escalating tensions just days after he imposed sweeping 25% tariffs on Indian goods.