US President Donald Trump confirmed there will be no changes in the trade agreement with India despite the Supreme Court’s sweeping tariff decision. He said ‘India Deal is on’ and it is still being fully implemented. Trump told a press conference at the White House on Friday that his relationship with India is excellent and both the countries are doing business. He said India stopped importing oil from Russia and took it back on US request, to stop the deadly war in which 25,000 people were dying every month.
Use of tariff to stop India-Pakistan war
Trump also claimed that he used tariffs to prevent a possible war between India and Pakistan. He said that so far I have ended eight wars through tariffs, including those with serious, nuclear situations like India and Pakistan. Pakistan’s Prime Minister said that Trump saved 3.5 crore lives. These tariffs were also helpful in strengthening America’s national security.
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Interim Trade Agreement and Tariffs
- Earlier this month, the US and India finalized the framework for an interim trade agreement.
- Trump issued an executive order removing the 25 percent punitive tariff imposed on India.
- Under the agreement, Washington is reducing the tariff charged from India from 25 percent to 18 percent.
- At the same time, New Delhi agreed to impose zero tariff on American goods.
- Trump told reporters that nothing would change. They will pay tariffs and we will not pay any tariffs. This is the reverse of the earlier situation.
- ‘Prime Minister Modi is a great person, very intelligent and far ahead of his opponents.’
- ‘In American interest, we were taking advantage of them. So we made a fair agreement with India. Now we will not give them any tariffs, and they will.
Earlier, on February 20, 2026, the court declared Trump’s sweeping global tariffs unconstitutional, which dealt a major blow to his economic policies. Responding to this decision, Trump said that his arguments were not heard properly in the Supreme Court. He described the decision as disappointing and discouraging. Trump even said that he did not expect such a decision and also raised questions on the attitude of some of the judges who gave the decision.
