During the visit, Goyal held meetings with Ambassador Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative, and Sergio Gor, US Ambassador-designate to India, where bilateral trade issues were discussed.

New Delhi has doubled down on domestic reforms and international engagement in the face of Washington’s tariffs, seeking faster growth and a wider web of economic and security ties. Continued

U.S. customs officials said on Thursday they were investigating whether Indian solar company Waaree Energies sidestepped U.S. tariffs on Chinese-made cells and panels by labeling them as made in India.

Trump’s tariffs have given India’s economy a sharp shock, forcing it to confront its vulnerabilities and accelerate integration and reform.

India’s clean energy appetite is helping the country’s solar power industry wean itself off imported Chinese parts and continue growing even as it faces a tougher sell to its biggest foreign customer,

India rejected as "incorrect and baseless" remarks by NATO's chief that suggested Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was contacting Russian President Vladimir Putin over the impact of punitive U.S. tariffs on its purchases of Russian oil.

From the start of October, imported branded drugs will face a steep 100 per cent duty, while heavy-duty trucks will carry a 25 per cent tariff.

U.S. trade negotiators have told their Indian counterparts that curbing purchases of Russian oil is crucial to reducing India's tariff rate and sealing a trade deal, two people familiar with the talks told Reuters.