Steep US tariffs strained ties with India, stalled momentum within Quad: Senate report

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Washington, March 10 US tariffs imposed on India in 2025 triggered a “crisis of trust” between the two countries and slowed momentum in the Quad partnership, according to a report released by Democratic members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The report says that steep tariffs introduced by the Donald Trump administration in August 2025 strained relations with India, one of Washington’s most important strategic partners in the Indo-Pacific. “In India, a country with which the past five American Presidents and both parties in Congress have sought to build a lasting strategic partnership, President Trump imposed tariffs… so steep…