Overview

• House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Gregory Meeks met Ambassador Vinay Kwatra and said President Donald Trump’s “arbitrary tariffs” threaten a vital US‑India partnership.
• The Indian Embassy said Kwatra briefed Meeks on recent developments and discussed trade, energy and the Indo‑Pacific, while also engaging Rep. Kat Cammack and Rep. Carol Miller on energy security and hydrocarbon trade.
• Trump’s tariff package is now in force at an effective 50% on Indian imports, including a 25% penalty explicitly tied to India’s purchases of Russian crude.
• House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats condemned the policy as hurting Americans and undercutting ties, and figures such as Mike Pence and John Bolton warned the move is a mistake with strategic costs.
• India defended buying discounted Russian oil as a market‑driven, national‑interest decision and called US demands to halt such purchases unfair.