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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicTrump tariffs

Topic: Trump tariffs

Why Kolhapuri chappals are all the ‘rage’ right now & India’s growing language ‘anxieties’

Global media also investigates how, in addition to the official 37 death toll of the Kumbh Mela stampede, in at least 26 additional cases, families were given partial compensation.

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill to make Treasuries more volatile, increase US debt

President Trump's sweeping tax cut & spending measure will boost U.S. debt by $3.3 trillion; Treasury data shows foreign money leaving at a net $14.2 billion after 'Liberation Day' tariffs.

Shein to Temu, Trump’s tariff war is supercharging fast fashion industry

When US President Donald Trump introduced sweeping new tariffs on Chinese imports the goal was to bring manufacturing back to American soil and protect...

India-EU inch closer to trade deal & Indian aviation’s Turkish purge

Global media also looks at how a rural community in Odisha is fighting forest fires with music. An investigative report reveals Adani is back under US prosecutors' lens.

Trump & China’s Xi to speak on tariffs this week: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt

Leavitt is the third Trump aide to forecast an imminent call between the two leaders to iron out differences on last month’s tariff agreement in Geneva, among larger trade issues.

US, India to give preferential access to each other’s businesses, says Piyush Goyal

With US officials visiting India for the trade deal, New Delhi will push for full exemption from the 26% tariff on domestic goods announced by Trump earlier this year.

Setback for Trump as US court blocks Liberation Day tariffs, says US president ‘overstepped authority’

Trump administration had warned that invalidating tariffs could jeopardise fragile trade truce with China & destabilise diplomatic efforts elsewhere, but court dismissed these arguments.

A US trade court blocks Trump’s tariffs, says federal law does not allow it

Court ordered Trump administration to issue new orders reflecting permanent injunction within 10 days. The administration has filed notice of appeal & questioned authority of the court.

Trade incentives averted India-Pakistan war—Team Trump’s claim in defence of tariffs in US court

It is the first time such a claim, previously made only in public speeches and social media posts by American president, has been formally entered into the legal records.

Trump delays EU tariffs until 9 July

The US president had said that he was recommending a 50% tariff to go into place on 1 June because of frustration that talks with the EU were not moving quickly enough

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.