India faces 25% tariff from Trump over trade barriers and Russia ties

president Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States will impose a 25 % tariff on imports from India, as he criticized what he called “hateful” commercial barriers in South Asia and the purchase of Russian military equipment and energy while the war in Ukraine extends to the fourth year.

“Remember that India is our friend,” Trump wrote on social media on Wednesday. “Also, they have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and they are the largest energy buyer in Russia, along with China, while everyone wants Russia to stop killing in Ukraine – all things are not good. India will pay a tariff of 25 %, in addition to a penalty, starting in August first. Thank you for your interest in engineering.”

In a follow -up post, Trump added, “We have a huge trade deficit with India !!!”

The trade deficit of American goods with India reached $ 45.7 billion in 2024, which represents an increase of 5.4 % during 2023, according to the US Trade Representative Office.

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In 2024, the total commodity trade in the United States with India reached an estimated $ 129.2 billion. According to the actor’s office, American goods exports to India amounted to $ 41.8 billion in the past year, an increase of 3.4 % over 2023. The total American goods imports from India amounted to $ 87.4 billion in 2024, which represents an increase of 4.5 % over the previous year.

Trump said that August 1 will be the “difficult deadline” to unleash the “sweeping” liberation day of the reasonable definitions against countries that do not interrupt a sufficient deal with the United States, which was initially formulated by “Tahrir’s Day” of a overwhelming tariff plan, but it is temporarily suspended for 90 days to allow negotiations to continue.

Meanwhile, the president is under pressure to provide a promise to end the war of Russia, Ukraine. On Tuesday, a Russian leader Vladimir Putin released a 10 -day deadline to stop the fighting.

Although India is a member of the “Quartet” coalition with the United States, Japan and Australia to counter Chinese operations in the region, New Delhi has long relied on the Russians for weapons equipment in the country. India recently expressed interest in diversifying its wallet with more defensive purchases from the United States, France and Israel.

President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet at the White House in the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images / Getty Images)

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Western sanctions strangled supply chains in the wake of Russia’s invasion in February 2022.

The Trump administration has expressed that deepening American relations with India will be strategically important to confront China.

In February, Trump, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, welcomed the White House as one of the first world leaders to arrive to start commercial conversations. Moody expressed an ambitious goal of increasing bilateral trade to $ 500 billion by 2030, as the Trump administration was an angle to reduce approximately $ 50 billion in deficit in India by intensifying US energy exports to the country.

Vice Vice President JD Vance focuses notes at the Rajestan International Center on April 22, 2025, in Jaipur, India, focused on the priorities of the United States and the joint India. (Kenny Holston – Swimming pool / Getty Emoz / Getty Pictures)

Trump and Modi also announced plans to increase the sales of US defense systems to India over the next ten years, including F-35 stealth.

The White House said in a statement that the main defense partnership framework for the United States of America also included the two leaders who pledged “to raise military cooperation in all fields-air, land, sea, space, and electronic space-through training, exercises and enhanced operations, and integrating the latest technology.” The statement said that Trump and Modi “are committed to dismantling new reasons for supporting and supporting external publishing operations in the American and Indian armies in the Indian Pacific Ocean, including logistical services and participation in intelligence.”

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Vice President JD Vance met with Modi during a four -day visit to India in April, and at the time the progress that was reached during the ongoing commercial conversations was praised. Vans criticized the past American administrations to find a cheap source to work in India and said that the increase in cooperation between the two countries would lead to a peaceful and prosperous “twenty -first century”. Vans warned at the time that the alternative would be “a dark time for all humanity.”