Overview
- At a White House roundtable with farm leaders and senior officials, Trump said India should not be “dumping” rice and told aides he would “take care” of it with tariffs.
- He announced $12 billion in federal aid for farmers as pressure over low‑priced imports intensifies.
- Louisiana producer Meryl Kennedy named India and Thailand as sources of unfairly priced rice and said China ships into Puerto Rico, citing a pending WTO case against India.
- Lower federal courts have ruled the administration’s emergency tariff actions unlawful, leaving the scope for rapid new duties dependent on the Supreme Court.
- Industry data show India leads global rice production and exports but shipped about 234,000 tonnes to the U.S. in FY24, while IREF calls existing U.S. tariffs, including a 25% levy tied to Russian oil purchases within a broader 50% rate, a temporary hurdle.