India calls US trade talks ‘positive’ amid Trump’s 50% tariff tensions

On Tuesday, India described its latest commercial talks with the United States as “positive” after tensions late last month when President Donald Trump put a 50 % tariff on Indian imports.

While the details of the talks are still unclear at this time, a statement issued by the Indian embassy in Washington, DC, said that the discussions were varied and “asphalt” as the two sides are looking to divide bilateral trade.

“It was decided to intensify the efforts made to achieve the early conclusion of a commercial agreement useful for both parties,” the statement added.

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An American delegation, led by an American commercial actor in South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch, met with their Indian counterparts, including the chief negotiator Rajash Agrouwal, in New Delhi.

It is still unclear whether the latest Trump tariff – which was implemented in late August in a step to pressure India to stop the purchase of Russian oil amid its deadly war in Ukraine -.

India has not yet agreed on Trump’s demands amid his pressure campaign and New Delhi canceled previous trade negotiations with Washington scheduled in late August, which coincided with the punitive definitions into force.

US President Donald Trump speaks with the press meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)

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Although the Reuters report on Tuesday, the United States and India are now expected to carry another round of commercial negotiations, which will achieve the sixth round of meetings since Trump has pledged comprehensive definitions on almost every country around the world and that began in effect in April.

India has also resisted the opening of farm and dairy markets to the United States, which is a major thing in the Trump administration negotiations, due to fears that American products can immerse the market and offer livelihoods about 80 million Indian farms and their families.

Suresh Sisodia on the dairy farm in Mayakhedi village on the outskirts of Indor, India, on March 4, 2022. (Gagan Nayar / AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)

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The high tariffs in India and the United States were already felt, where exports to the United States fell to $ 6.86 billion in August, a decrease of $ 8 billion in July, according to the Ministry of Commerce data on Monday, Reuters said.

The impact of sharp definitions in the United States is expected to be fully physical in September.