New Delhi: External affairs minister S Jaishankar, on Sunday, called the tariffs levied on India ‘unfair’ and said that India is trying to resolve trade issues with the United States.

“We have issues with the United States today – mainly that we haven’t yet reached a landing ground in our trade discussions. This has led to certain tariffs being levied on us, which we have publicly said are unfair,” the minister said while speaking at the Kautilya Economic Conclave (KEC 2025). ADVERTISEMENT

US president Donald Trump levied a steep 25% tariff on Indian shipments, and then added an additional 25% as penalty for purchase of crude from Russia.

Speaking on India-US relations, Jaishankar said, “There is also a second tariff related to sourcing energy from Russia, whereas other countries, even

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