Trump’s new tariff threats on India over alleged rice dumping raise stakes in fragile trade negotiations

US President Donald Trump has once again placed India at the center of America’s escalating trade battles, this time accusing New Delhi of “dumping” rice into the US market and signaling that new tariffs could soon follow. The remarks, made during a White House meeting with American farmers on December 8, have injected fresh uncertainty into already delicate trade negotiations between the world’s largest democracy and its most powerful economy. The farmers who met with th