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US tariffs: A wakeup call to improve India's trade competitiveness

It is unbelievable that India's refusal to acknowledge the role of the US in ending 'Operation Sindoor' should lead to such harsh measures

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TNC Rajagopalan New Delhi

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Last week, any forlorn hopes that the punitive 25 per cent tariffs on Indian goods entering the United States (US) would be rolled back by the President Donald Trump administration evaporated. No one knows how long these tariffs will last, whether services from India to the US, intellectual property, investments and remittances from the US to India and visas for students, and educated professionals from India, etc, will also be targeted. 
 
It is unbelievable that India’s refusal to acknowledge the role of the US in ending ‘Operation Sindoor’ should lead to such harsh measures.  
 
Given that not much can be
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