Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge also reacted to Trump's decision and accused the Modi government of being ‘clueless on how to deal with it.’ “India's national interest is supreme. Any nation that arbitrarily penalises India for our time-tested policy of strategic autonomy,

Tariffs on Indian exports to the United States will surge to 50 percent by late August, as part of an effort by President Trump to pressure Russia into resolving its war in Ukraine.