Updated: Aug 07, 2025 02:46 IST

Director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center, Michael Kugelman said, "...Unfortunately, given just how the relationship has been developing in recent days, this new announcement is not all that surprising. The President has also appeared very committed to following through with tariffs. Despite the potential impact the damaging impact this could have on the US-India relationship, it's not that much of a surprise to me that in the end the President decided to follow through on his threat to impose this additional penalty."