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As the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's planetary tariffs, the Congress connected Saturday (February 21, 2026) alleged that the India-U.S. interim commercialized woody is an “ordeal” the state is being subjected to by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “desperation and surrender”.
Congress wide caput in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh besides claimed that if Prime Minister Modi had not been truthful “desperate” to support his fragile representation and waited conscionable 18 days more, Indian farmers would person been saved their agony and distress, and Indian sovereignty would person been protected.
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“Yesterday aft the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his tariffs policy, President Trump declared that (i) Mr. Modi is his large friend; (ii) the India-U.S. commercialized woody volition proceed arsenic announced; (iii) helium had personally halted Operation Sindoor connected May 10 2025 by threatening to summation tariffs connected Indian exports to the U.S. if India did not halt Operation Sindoor,” Mr. Ramesh said connected X.
On February 2 2026, President Trump was the archetypal to denote that the India-U.S. commercialized woody had been finalised and said that “out of relationship and respect for Prime Minister Modi and, arsenic per his request, effectual immediately, we agreed to a commercialized woody betwixt the United States and India”, the Congress person said.
“What forced Prime Minister Modi to guarantee President Trump announced the India-US commercialized woody successful the nighttime of February 2...?” Mr. Ramesh asked. “What had happened successful the Lok Sabha that day that had compelled Mr. Modi to get truthful hopeless and scope retired to his bully person successful the White House to make a diversion?”
“The India-U.S. commercialized woody is truly an ordeal that India is being subjected to by the Prime Minister's desperation and surrender,” helium said.
His remarks came aft Donald Trump said determination is nary alteration successful the commercialized woody with India and emphasised that “the India woody is on”.
“I deliberation my narration with India is fantastic and we're doing commercialized with India. India pulled retired of Russia. India was getting its lipid from Russia. And they pulled 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 astatine a quality league Friday (February 20) successful the White House hours aft the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his sweeping tariffs.
Mr. Trump said his narration with Prime Minister Narendra Modi is great. He past went connected to repetition the assertion that helium stopped the warfare betwixt India and Pakistan past summertime utilizing tariffs.
Earlier this month, arsenic the U.S. and India announced they reached a model for an Interim Agreement connected trade, Mr. Trump issued an Executive Order removing the 25% punitive tariffs imposed connected India for its purchases of Russian oil, with the U.S. President noting the committedness by New Delhi to halt straight oregon indirectly importing vigor from Moscow and acquisition American vigor products.
Under the commercialized deal, Washington volition complaint a reduced reciprocal tariff connected New Delhi, lowering it from 25% to 18%.
When asked astir the woody with India, Mr. Trump said, “Nothing changes. They'll beryllium paying tariffs, and we volition not beryllium paying tariffs. So woody with India is they wage tariffs. This is simply a reversal for what it utilized to be, arsenic you know, India and I deliberation Prime Minister Modi is simply a large gentleman, a large man, actually, but helium was overmuch smarter than the radical that helium was against successful presumption of the United States, helium was ripping america off.
“So we made a woody with India. It's a just woody now, and we are not paying tariffs to them, and they are paying tariffs. We did a small flip,” Mr. Trump said.
The Congress connected Friday (February 20) hailed the U.S. Supreme Court determination striking down President Donald Trump's planetary tariffs and said India whitethorn not person recovered itself cornered into a “one-sided” commercialized woody had the authorities waited conscionable 18 much days.
In a station connected X, Mr. Ramesh had said, “Hats disconnected to the U.S. Supreme Court for striking down President Trump's full tariff strategy! Quite an astonishing determination fixed its ideological composition.
“A 6-3 verdict is decisive. The American strategy of checks and balances inactive seems to beryllium working,” helium said.
The U.S. Supreme Court connected Friday (February 20) struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching planetary tariffs, handing him a important nonaccomplishment connected an contented important to his economical agenda.
The 6-3 determination centred connected tariffs imposed nether an exigency powers law, including the sweeping reciprocal tariffs Mr. Trump levied connected astir each different country.
The bulk recovered that the Constitution precise intelligibly gives the Congress the powerfulness to enforce taxes, which see tariffs.
