'India is a key partner': US lawmakers urge to scrap 50% tariff; warn of economic fallout

In a significant acknowledgement of India’s growing economic importance to the United States, three members of the US House of Representatives have moved to roll back steep tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on Indian imports, arguing that the measures hurt American jobs, consumers, and the broader US-India partnership. The resolution, introduced by Congresswoman Deborah Ross and Congressmen Marc Veasey and Raja Krishnamoorthi, seeks to terminate Trump’s national emergency declaration that led to tariffs of up to 50 per cent on Indian goods. The move follows a bipartisan effort in the US Senate to curb the President’s use of emergency powers to impose punitive trade measures. According to the lawmakers, the resolution aims to withdraw the additional 25 per cent “secondar