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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicTrump tariffs

Topic: Trump tariffs

Trump’s 90-day tariff pause a test for India. Use it to set interim guidelines, not big reforms

With Trump escalating trade tensions, especially with China, the 90-day moratorium presents a rare opportunity for India to strike while the iron is hot.

China-US trade war has parallels with Japan in WW2. Will it escalate to military conflict?

Threatened by US sanctions and restrictive trade policies, Japan sought to secure its access to resources in the Indo-Pacific. This led to its attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

China’s Xi calls to strengthen ties with Vietnam amid hefty US tariffs

Xi called for stronger industrial & supply chain cooperation as necessary to 'inject more stability and positive energy into a chaotic and intertwined world'.

Trump exempts mobile phones, computers and other electronics from tariffs

Trump’s move excludes certain electronics from his 10% tariffs, easing import costs for semiconductors from Taiwan and iPhones made in India.

Mao’s divisive legacy is China’s ammo against Trump. It casts Beijing as a resilient underdog

Of all the changes the Cultural Revolution brought to Chinese society, the most crucial was Mao's purge of numerous Communist Party officials—including Xi Jinping’s father, Xi Zhongxun.

US and China are 2 clashing elephants. India can’t be the grass under their feet

Donald Trump brought clarity on his trade war with a 90-day hiatus for the rest of the world while he upped tariffs to 145...

US tariffs provide ‘great opportunity’ for India, current crisis due to China, says Piyush Goyal

Speaking at the Global Technology Summit, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal also hit out at the European Union’s climate protection regulations, calling them 'irrational'.

No cure found for tariff-itis & 10 litres of pure unfiltered vitriol

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

China increases tariffs on all US goods to 125% in response to US’s 145% taxes on Chinese imports

China has also filed lawsuit with WTO following the latest US tariff hikes, the Chinese commerce ministry said as per a report in the official Xinhua.

Trump has given India a window of opportunity. Delhi needs to do more than tweak tariffs

What is needed now is ever-increasing consideration toward structural reforms.

On Camera

India is becoming a Republic of RWAs. It’s the most powerful elected body

Civics textbooks need an upgrade, considering that RWAs enforce laws they’ve devised themselves – no matter if it violates a fundamental right or two.

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.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

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.