India, which now faces among the highest tariff rates imposed by the US, called the levy "unjustified and unreasonable".

Donald Trump has announced that he will impose an additional 25 per cent tariff on imports from India due to its purchases of Russian oil. The US president made the move on Wednesday in an executive order that was published by the White House shortly after Steve Witkoff, a senior US envoy, met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

Tariffs on Indian exports to the United States will surge to 50 percent by late August, as part of an effort by President Trump to pressure Russia into resolving its war in Ukraine.