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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicTrump tariffs

Topic: Trump tariffs

‘Take it or leave it’: Trump signs letters to 12 countries outlining new tariffs

Refusing to name the countries, the US President said the letters, set to be sent on Monday, involve ‘different amounts of money and different levels of tariffs’.

India ready for deals but not under pressure of deadlines, says Piyush Goyal amid trade talks with US

Amid U.S. pressure and Trump’s July 9 threat of a 26% tariff on all Indian goods, Trade Minister Goyal refuses to rush trade deals to meet deadlines.

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.

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.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.