Trump’s tariff war | Is India prepared to deal with it?

Trump’s tariff war | Is India prepared to deal with it? 

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The Hindu

Donald Trump’s on a tariff war on the world. Which countries will be worst hit by the U.S. President’s latest plan for reciprocal taxes and non-tariff barriers from April 2?

Does New Delhi have a diplomatic game plan to deal with Trump’s threats? And how are other countries reacting?

Worldview reading recommendations:

1. No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America’s Workers by Robert Lighthizer. There is the USTR’s Indi brief too US Trade Representative India brief – for the US administration’s perspective

2. India’s Trade Policy in the 21st Century (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia) by Amita Batra

3. India’s Trade Policy: The 1990s and Beyond by Arvind Panagariya

4. India’s Moment : Changing Power Equations around the World by G. Mohan Kumar

5. Trade War Containers Don’t Lie: Navigating the Bluster Lori Ann Larocco

There are a few useful papers:

6. Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs and India :Sectoral Impact, Neutralisation strategies by Ajay Srivastava

7. Trump’s Trade Policies Peril Global Economic Stability

Script & Presentation: Suhasini Haidar

Production: Sabika Syed & Shibu Narayan