About 55% of India's merchandise exports to the United States will be subject to the tariff imposed by President Donald Trump's administration, the Indian government said on Monday, Reuters reported. Last week, Trump imposed an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods as punishment for Delhi's purchases of Russian oil. That raised the total duty on Indian exports to the U.S. to 50% - among the highest on any American trading partner.

India’s growth outlook has been weighed by President Trump’s punitive tariff on the South Asian economy but there’s still hope negotiations will ease the impact, the Wall Street Journal reported. Trump on Wednesday said that Indian imports would be hit with an extra 25% levy as punishment for buying Russian oil, on top of a 25% tariff that had been previously announced. Indian exports to the U.S. now face a hefty 50% tariff, jolting longstanding efforts by both Washington and New Delhi to deepen ties in a bid to counter China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific.

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday barred the interim resolution professional (IRP) of bankrupt Gensol Engineering Ltd from leasing out 152 electric vehicles (EVs), following a plea by SMAS Auto Leasing India Pvt. Ltd, which had originally leased the vehicles to Gensol before it entered insolvency, LiveMint.com reported. The order came after the IRP issued a public notice inviting bids to lease pre-owned EVs at a fixed monthly rental, prompting SMAS to move the appellate tribunal.

Ever since Donald Trump's tariff salvo on India this week, garment maker Pearl Global - whose U.S. client list includes Gap and Kohl's - has been receiving midnight panic calls with an ultimatum: share the tariff hit or move production out of India, Reuters reported. To calm U.S. customers' nerves, Pearl Global has offered to shift production to its 17 factories in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam and Guatemala to bypass the steep U.S. levies on Indian imports. "All the customers are already calling me. They want us to ...

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved Dalmia Bharat’s proposal to fully acquire the debt-laden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL), clearing a key hurdle in the latter’s ongoing insolvency process, the Economic Times of India reported. The green light from the antitrust regulator allows Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Ltd, to submit its resolution plan for JAL, PTI reported.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday raised tariffs on goods imported from India to 50% in response to the country's continued purchase of Russian oil, UPI reported. "I find that the Government of India is currently directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil," President Donald Trump said in an executive order. "Accordingly, and as consistent with applicable law, articles of India imported into the customs territory of the United States shall be subject to an additional ad valorem rate of duty of 25%," the executive order said.

India’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged as uncertainties surrounding U.S. trade policy continue to cast a shadow over the South Asian economy’s outlook, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee on Wednesday unanimously voted to maintain its policy repo rate at 5.50% and its monetary policy stance at neutral. RBI Gov.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China for the first time in over seven years, a government source said on Wednesday, in a further sign of a diplomatic thaw with Beijing as tensions with the United States rise, Reuters reported. Modi will go to China for a summit of the multilateral Shanghai Cooperation Organisation that begins on Aug. 31, the government source, with direct knowledge of the matter, told Reuters. India's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. His trip will come at a time when India's relationship with the U.S.