The Trump administration’s decision to impose 200% tariffs on generic drugs is expected to have direct implications for India, which exported pharmaceuticals worth over $9.7 billion to the US in 2025.
The revised bill, however, narrows tariff provisions against buyers of Russian oil, and proposes authorising the US president to impose tariffs up to 100% on exports from the five largest Russian oil buyers, namely, China, India, Slovakia, Hungary, and Azerbaijan.
The ProPublica report claims that Trump Jr secretly bought a stake in AFR and that the Trump family is allowing foreign investors to funnel money into the American President’s personal pockets in exchange for US government favours.
In the report titled “Acts, Policies, and Practices of Various Economies Related to the Failure to Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor”, the USTR detailed the findings of the investigation launched into trading partners under Section 301 (b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974.
The arrested Indians carried work permits issued during the Biden administration. However, the truck drivers continued to stay in the US even after the permit expired.
A CNN report published last week says that around 2,000 to 4,000 paratroopers from the elite 82nd Airborne Division were being flown in as an “Immediate Response Force” prepared for quick insertion operations, in addition to over 4,000 Marines and sailors onboard USS Tripoli and USS Boxer (2,500 Marines and sailors).