- Tariffs up to 50% threaten Indian exporters and works.
- The failed conversations attributed the political erroneous judgment, the lost signals.
- USA, India seeks to highlight the Security Association.
Washington/New Delhi: the duplication of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, of tariffs on the goods of India, up to 50% entered into force as scheduled on Wednesday, increasing tensions between the two greatest democracies and strategic partners in the world.
A 25% punitive rate imposed due to Russian oil purchases of India increases the previous 25% Trump rate in many Indian products. Total tasks are needed up to 50% for products such as garments, gems and jewelry, footwear, sporting articles, furniture and chemical products, among the highest taxes for the United States and the PAR with Brazil and China.
The new tariffs threaten thousands of small exporters and jobs, even in the native state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi de Gujarat.
An official of the Ministry of Commerce of India said on condition of anonymity that exporters affected by tariffs would receive financial assistance and be encouraged to diversify to markets such as China, Latin America and the Middle East.
A customs and border protection notice of the United States to the loaders provides a three -week exemption for Indian goods that were loaded in a boat and in transit to the United States before the deadline of midnight. These goods can still enter the US at the lowest tariffs before 12:01 am edt (0401 GMT) on September 17.
They are also exempt from steel, aluminum and derived products, passenger vehicles, copper and other goods subject to separate rates of up to 50% under the National Security Commerce Law of Section 232.
Indian Ministry of Commerce officials say that the average rate on US imports. It is around 7.5%, while the United States commercial representative office has highlighted rates of up to 100% in cars and a average applied rate rate of 39% in US agricultural products.
Failed talks
As the midnight activation deadline approached, US officials did not offer any hope for India to avoid tariffs.
“Yes,” said the White House commercial advisor, Peter Navarro, when asked if the increase in tariffs on exports destined to the United States of India would come into force as announced above on Wednesday. He offered no more details.
Wednesday’s tariff movement follows five rounds of failed conversations, during which Indian officials had indicated the optimism that US tariffs could be limited to 15%, the rate awarded to the goods of other important commercial partners, including Japan, South Korea and the European Union.
The officials on both sides blamed Judgment Political and lost signs due to the collapse in the conversations between the largest and largest economies in the world. Its trade of two -way goods totaled $ 129 billion in 2024, with an American commercial deficit of $ 45.8 billion, according to data from the United States Census Office.
Export groups estimate that increases could affect almost 55% of the $ 87 billion of India in exports of goods to the US. UU., While benefiting competitors such as Vietnam, Bangladesh and China.
Tariffs held at this rate could affect the growing attraction of India as an alternative manufacturing center to China for products such as smart and electronic phones.
The confrontation between the United States and India has asked questions about the broader relationship between India and the United States, important security partners who share concerns about China.
However, on Tuesday, the US Department of State and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India issued identical statements that say that the senior officials of the Ministries and the Departments of Defense met practically on Monday and expressed “eagerness to continue improving the amplitude and depth of the bilateral relationship.”
Both parties also reaffirmed their commitment to Quad, an association that brings together the United States and India with Australia and Japan.
