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U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that determination were nary changes to the parameters of the U.S.-India commercialized woody announced connected February 2, pursuing the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling connected Friday (February 20, 2026) that the President’ s ‘reciprocal tariffs’ were unlawful.
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At a property conference successful which helium railed against the Justices who ruled against the tariffs, Mr. Trump said that helium would usage alternatives to enforce tariffs. The Court ruled helium had exceeded his authorization nether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the ineligible instrumentality that enabled his ‘reciprocal tariffs’ announced connected April 2, 2025.
“Nothing changes. They’ll beryllium paying tariffs, and we volition not beryllium paying tariffs,” Mr. Trump said during a property league soon aft the Court determination was retired erstwhile asked astir the presumption of the woody with India.
“This is simply a reversal for what it utilized to be, arsenic you know,” helium said, praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a “great gentleman”, but added,
“He was ripping america off.”
“So we made a woody with India, and it’s a just woody now, and we are not paying tariffs to them, and they are paying tariffs. We didn’t flip,” Mr. Trump said.
The agreed presumption of the woody trim the wide tariff complaint for Indian goods entering the U.S. from 50% (including a 25% ‘penalty’ complaint for India’ s vigor commercialized with Russia) to 18%.
During the property conference, Mr. Trump said that helium would motion into instrumentality connected Friday (February 20, 2026), a wide 10% “global tariff” crossed the committee utilizing Section 122 of the U.S.’s Trade Act (1974) which is expected to spell into effect successful 3 days.
These tariffs are valid for a maximum of 150 days. He besides emphasised that Section 232 tariffs, which are imposed connected nationalist information grounds (for example, connected alloy and aluminium) and Section 301 tariffs (related to ‘unfair‘ commercialized practices) would stay successful place. The President said helium was initiating 301 probes. It is, however, arsenic yet unclear what the ineligible ground would beryllium for the full 18% tariff complaint connected India.
Asked by a newsman to characterise his narration with India, Mr. Trump said it was “fantastic” and that his narration with Mr. Modi is “great”. He rapidly moved connected to assertion that India had stopped buying Russian lipid astatine the U.S.’s request. Mr. Trump claimed, arsenic helium has done earlier connected aggregate occasions, that helium stopped the “war” (in May 2025) betwixt India and Pakistan “largely” by threatening each state with 200% tariffs.
‘India pulled mode backmost from Russia astatine my request’: Trump
Mr. Trump’s taking recognition for the ceasefire and for India purchasing little Russian lipid (and earlier claims that it was altogether stopping these purchases) person been politically delicate successful India. On Friday, Mr. Trump dwelt connected each of these topics successful speedy succession.
“India pulled retired of Russia. You know, India was getting its lipid from Russia, right? And they propulsion mode backmost astatine my request, due to the fact that we privation to settee that horrible warfare wherever 25,000 radical are dying each month,” Mr. Trump said.
”I besides stopped the warfare betwixt India and Pakistan,” helium added, claiming that 10 planes were changeable down during the conflict. Mr. Trump besides claimed that the struggle was perchance going to crook into a atomic confrontation
“I said, look, you’re [ i.e., India and Pakistan] going to fight, that’s fine, but you’re not going to bash concern with the United States, and you’re going to wage a 200% tariff. Each country,” helium said, adding this prompted the countries to state that they wanted to marque peace.
Mr. Trump did not reply a question connected whether helium had plans to question to India for the Quad Summit this year. The Summit of the radical of 4 countries (India, the U.S., Japan and Australia) was meant to instrumentality spot past twelvemonth but was enactment connected hold.
During the property league Mr. Trump railed against immoderate of the Justices, utilizing presumption specified arsenic “fools”, “lapdogs”, ”unpatriotic” to picture them and saying they were “disloyal to the Constitution”. He praised the number that dissented, for instance, calling Justice Brett Kavanaugh a “genius” and saying helium was “so arrogant of him”.
