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Aug 7, 2025: On Thursday, the initial 25% tariffs placed on Indian imports by US President Donald Trump went into effect. Last week, the White House announced that India would face tariffs of 25 per cent after Trump issued an executive order listing the various duties that Washington will impose on exports from countries around the world.
In the Executive Order titled ‘Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates', Trump had announced tariff rates for nearly 70 nations.

India was subjected to a "Reciprocal Tariff, Adjusted" of 25% beginning on Thursday. Trump imposed additional 25% duties on India on Wednesday for its purchases of Russian oil, making the total duties imposed on India to 50%—one of the highest ever imposed by the United States on any nation—in addition to the 25% tariff that was announced last week. After 21 days, the additional 25% duty will take effect. Trump had said in the executive order that some trading partners have agreed to, or are on the verge of agreeing to, meaningful trade and security commitments with the United States, thus signaling their sincere intentions to permanently remedy trade barriers and to align with the United States on economic and national security matters.

Trump had further said in the order that there are also some trading partners that have failed to engage in negotiations with the United States or to take adequate steps to align sufficiently with the United States on economic and national security matters.