US lawmakers move to end Trump’s tariffs on India

Resolution in Congress challenges emergency trade powers, warns of economic and diplomatic fallout.

- CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON DC.

A group of lawmakers in the United States House of Representatives has introduced a resolution seeking to terminate tariffs imposed on Indian imports under the emergency trade powers invoked by former President Donald Trump, opening a fresh congressional challenge to the executive branch’s use of national emergency authority to reshape trade policy.

The resolution, introduced by Democratic Representatives Deborah Ross, Marc Veasey and Raja Krishnamoorthi, aims to revoke the emergency declaration that enabled steep duties on a range of Indian goods. ‘The lawmakers argue that the tariffs, which in some cases amount to a combined 50 percent, are legally questionable, economically damaging and strategically counterproductive ata time when Washington is seeking closer ties with New Delhi.