Amid the uncertainty triggered by the US Supreme Courtorderinvalidating President Trump's tariffs and the subsequent levies by the American president, the meeting between the representatives of New Delhi and Washington has beenrescheduled. The Indian team was scheduled to start the three-day meeting on Monday, February 23, in the US. Joint Secretary in the Commerce Ministry, Darpan Jain, is the chief negotiator of India for this agreement. Earlier this week, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal had said that theinterim trade agreementwith the US, announced earlier this month, is likely to come into effect in April.

India and the United States have decided to reschedule the proposed meeting of their chief negotiators, supposed to be held in Washington from Monday, to finalise the text for the interim trade pact, reported news agency PTI citing sources. "With regards to the visit of the Indian team of negotiators to the US for the India-US trade deal, the two sides are of the view that the proposed visit of the Indian Chief Negotiator and the team be scheduled after each side has had the time to evaluate the latest developments and their implications. The meeting will be rescheduled at a mutually convenient date," the Commerce Ministry sources said, as quoted by the news agency.

After the Supreme Court verdict, Trump had assured that there is no change in the trade deal with India and emphasised that the India deal is on. He said that his relationship with India is fantastic and they are doing trade with India.

In a major setback to Trump's pivotal economic agenda in his second term, the US Supreme Court last week ruled that the tariffs imposed by Trump on nations around the world were illegal and that the president had exceeded his authority when he imposed the sweeping levies by using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977. The US had imposed a 25 per cent reciprocal tariff on India in August 2025. Later, an additional 25 per cent duty was imposed for buying Russian crude oil, taking the total tariffs on India to 50 per cent.

Following this, Trump on Friday imposed a 10 per cent tariff on all countries, including India, effective from February 24 for 150 days. Later on Saturday, Trump announced raising tariffs on all countries to 15 per cent from 10 per cent announced a day earlier.

During 2021-25, the US was India's largest trading partner in goods. The US accounts for about 18 per cent of India's total exports, 6.22 per cent in imports and 10.73 per cent in bilateral trade. In 2024-25, India-US bilateral trade touched USD 186 billion (USD 86.5 billion exports and USD 45.3 billion imports).

"Does Modi agree with Trump that the trade agreement with India still holds," the Congress leader asked, while pointing out there was no response from the government so far.

"The US Supreme Court decision is very significant and our government must keep this trade agreement on hold. We demand that the PM should categorically state that India's policy after the US Supreme Court decision will be reviewed and we will not carry out import liberalisation till clarifications come," Ramesh said.

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