A group of US lawmakers has moved a resolution in the House of Representatives seeking to terminate President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on Indian goods, calling them "illegal" and damaging to a key strategic partnership.Democratic Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, Deborah Ross of North Carolina and Marc Veasey of Texas have introduced the resolution to revoke the national emergency invoked by President Trump to impose tariffs of up to 50 per cent on imports from India.

The move follows a bipartisan, Senate-passed measure aimed at ending Trump-era tariffs on Brazil and curbing the use of emergency powers to raise import duties.

India–US relations have come under strain after Washington doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50 per cent and imposed an additional 25 per cen

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