After assuming the presidency, US President Donald Trump increased various rates of trade tariffs on various countries. The fluctuations in these rates can be gauged from the relationship between the US and these countries. Tariffs were relaxed with friendly countries of the US and countries that had kept their relations with the US cold faced higher rates of tariffs. Low rates of tariffs were imposed on Japan, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Pakistan. China faced the highest tariff rate. In response, China also responded to the US by imposing higher tariffs on US products. India will be the biggest blow, on which President Trump first imposed a tariff of 25 percent but later increased it to 50 percent. Due to which Indian products fell out of reach of its American customers and the Indian industry suffered a huge setback due to this move and its cottage industry is gradually moving towards closure. Under the leadership of Narendra Modi, India has built excellent relations with the United States in the last two decades, due to which the United States opened its market to Indian products. The Indian IT industry was soaring with American cooperation. Big groups like iPhone and Microsoft had started investing in India. India's control over Silicon Valley in America was strengthening. Former President Obama visited India during his tenure and attracted the attention of American investors towards India. During the first term of President Donald Trump, Modi also built relations with Trump and obtained technology transfer facilities from the United States.
Modi's friendship with Trump grew to the limit and Modi went to the United States and organized rallies of Indian-Americans and requested them to vote for President Trump. This show was held in several cities, in which Modi and Trump expressed their solidarity by holding hands and hugging in public. Then came the time when the Indian intelligence agency RAW demonstrated its power by assassinating a Sikh leader in Canada. On which the government of former Prime Minister Trudeau in Canada officially protested to India. Which the Indian government condemned. Trudeau had to taste the coldness of India during his visit to India. Some time later, a RAW conspiracy was exposed in the United States. In which a plan was made to kill an American-born Sikh leader. On this, the United States warned India at the government level and advised it to refrain from any such plan. India was buying oil and weapons at cheap prices while maintaining its friendly relations with the United States as well as its goodwill relations with Russia. Profits are being made by buying cheap oil from Russia and selling it at high prices in the world market. Earlier, despite the US sanctions on Iran, India, in addition to meeting its needs by buying cheap oil from Iran, sold its rice and other agricultural products to Iran at high prices. Due to which the Indian economy continued to grow. India also made a profit by imposing high tariffs on American products. This economic benefit gave the Indian economy a lot of strength, after which it started dreaming of becoming the Chaudhry of the region. It gave the impression to the West, especially Europe, that it was their ally against China, so they also supported India.
After the failure in the short war with Pakistan in May 2025, the fortress of Modi and India opened. The dream of becoming the Chaudhry was shattered. The attempt to stop the war by requesting US President Trump tarnished India's image at the global level. After President Trump ordered a ceasefire, India started saying that India had not requested President Trump for a ceasefire. While President Trump talked about ending the war on several occasions, which was denied by India.
These circumstances brought the relations between Modi and Trump to the highest level of coldness. Now India and Modi started leaning towards China in order to bring America under their influence. Modi acknowledged the importance of China by attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting after seven years. During the meeting, Modi appeared in a pleasant mood with the presidents of China and Russia, which tried to give the impression that India has an alternative to America. But the far-sighted Chinese president limited Modi to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting. He was not invited to the grand parade in Beijing. The parade was attended by Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Russian President Vladimir Putin, South Korean President Kim Jong-un, the President of Iran, and heads of twenty-six countries. India will become the head of BRICS next year, so it will try to use this platform to increase pressure on the United States, but considering President Trump's "America First" policy, Modi's pulse does not seem to be racing.
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