When Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned visit to China, the world paid attention. The

Last week, President Donald Trump announced an additional 25% tariff on Indian exports, citing New Delhi’s continued imports of Russian crude. India is the world’s second-largest buyer of Russian oil after China.

Their relationship is defined by a bloody border dispute, a vast power imbalance and a fierce contest for influence across Asia. Yet, President Donald Trump’s latest trade war may be achieving the unthinkable: pushing India and China into a wary but tactical embrace.

Deep dive into 2025’s shifting U.S. tariffs, from ‘Liberation Day’ to China and India moves, with inflation impacts, court challenges, and holiday retail risks.

When companies realized they needed to diversify away from China, India was the natural choice. Now, U.S. tariffs threaten that.

New U.S. taxes on American imports, even at 25 percent, will hurt many Indian businesses and may put vast numbers of people out of work.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has clarified why Washington has refrained from imposing secondary sanctions on China, Russia’s largest oil buyer, even as India faces steep tariffs, including a 25 per cent duty on its trade with Moscow.

India has recommended a three-year import tariff of 11%-12% on some steel products to curb shipments from top producer China.

The United States and China agreed to pause tariff hikes on each other’s goods for an additional 90 days, a White House official told CNN. Without the agreement, tariffs were set to immediately surge,