National
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has criticized recent U.S. trade actions, calling them overly aggressive. He said that India’s national pride should never be up for negotiation, likening U.S. tactics to those of a school bully. What Tharoor Said Tharoor described the U.S. imposition of a 25% tariff—and potential penalties—on Indian exports as possibly being a […]
International
Japan revealed that the United States made a clerical error in calculating the “reciprocal” tariff rate. As a result, the effective rate on Japanese goods entering the U.S. will be lower than initially announced. What Went Wrong Japan’s chief trade negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, explained that the original figure overlooked an agreed-upon tariff ceiling for Japan. […]