Calm Response by India to Tariffs

Overall Perspective Needed

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Among the major economies, the most calm and dignified response to the slew of tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump was that by India—unlike so many other countries, who issued very different responses. The most unrestrained was that by China, which not just imposed additional tariffs on several US imports, but placed several US companies on the Entities List, presumably for having supplied defense equipment to Taiwan. Given that relations between Washington and Beijing were anything but cordial, such a reaction was undiplomatic, to put it mildly. The EU responded by criticizing the tariffs and said it would place additional tariffs on some imports from the US soon. Even usually low-key Japan gave a note of criticism.