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TopicUS tariffs

Topic: US tariffs

‘PM invested heavily in friendship with Trump’: Jairam Ramesh takes tariff jibe at Modi

US President said that India's tariffs are one of the highest in the world & the penalty is a response to 'obnoxious non-monetary barriers'.

Trump imposes 30% tariff on EU & Mexico after negotiations fail to reach trade deal

Trump imposes 30% tariff on EU & Mexico after negotiations fail to reach trade deal

Myanmar military chief asks Trump for 40% tariff reduction, says ready for negotiation

Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s ruling military general, proposed a reduced rate of 10% to 20%, with his country slashing its levy on U.S. imports to a range of zero to 10%.

Trump imposes 35% tariffs on Canada starting 1 Aug, threatens 15%-20% on other trade partners

US President Trump has broadened his trade war in recent days, setting new tariffs on a number of countries, including allies Japan and South Korea, along with a 50% tariff on copper.

South Korea proposes ‘package deal’ on tariffs after talks with US

During South Korean NSA's visit to the US, Trump sent a letter to President Lee, stating that US will begin imposing 25% tariffs on all South Korean imports starting 1 Aug.

China rejects Trump’s accusation that it breached Geneva trade deal

The two countries had agreed on a 90-day pause & lifting restrictions on Chinese exports needed for US semiconductor, electronics, and defence production in May this year.

‘India offered US nearly no-tariff deal on reciprocal basis’—Trump

Addressing a press conference in Doha, the US president said that he encouraged Apple CEO Tim Cook to raise production in US, rather than expanding manufacturing in India.

US & China hail ‘constructive’ Geneva trade talks

Chinese officials say they reached an 'important consensus' & agreed to further the momentous talks. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent describes it as 'substantial progress'.

Hints of thaw in US-China tariff war—as Trump says duties to ‘come down’, China open to talks

Trump has expressed optimism about reaching a tariff agreement ‘pretty quickly’, while Xi said that tariff & trade wars undermine the legitimate rights and interests of all countries.

Trump tariffs led to a brokerage firm seeing 400% more investments in US stocks. What’s the rush about

A relatively newer player in Indian brokerage space, Gurugram-based INDmoney is the 11th largest firm in the country & the fastest growing, according to NSE.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?