India vowed on Thursday to protect its labour-intensive agriculture sector, a central sticking point in bogged-down trade talks with the U.S., as Washington threatened 25% tariffs, triggering outrage from the opposition and a slump in the rupee.

Trump says India will pay a tariff of at least 25% India also faces penalty for buying energy from Russia Trump says US and India are still in trade talks US is unveiling trade deals ahead of Aug. 1 tariff hikes Today’s tariffs on India follow a series of trade moves Trump has taken against both the US allies and rivals.

The US will impose 25% tariffs on goods imported from India "plus an unspecified penalty" for buying Russian oil and weapons, President Trump has said. In a post on his Truth Social platform, he said the measures would take effect from from 1 August,