The trade dispute has also been accompanied by increasingly sharp rhetoric from Trump. The US president has repeatedly suggested that Canada could become the 51st US state.
The immigrant visa pause announced by the Trump administration on Tuesday (25th August) has already affected people who had scheduled visa interviews at US embassies and consulates, with several applicants receiving emails informing them that their appointments had been cancelled or rescheduled.
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.