<h1>Political party condemns new H-1B annual fee as coercive trade tactic, urges strong retaliatory measures to defend nationals</h1> A political party publicly condemned the US administration's proclamation imposing a steep annual fee on H-1B visas, characterizing the measure as a unilateral, coercive trade tactic that will harm skilled foreign professionals and their families and urging the national government to take a firm, retaliatory stance. The party linked the fee to other recent US trade actions, including tariffs and reimposed sanctions affecting a bilateral infrastructure project, and criticized the government's measured public response as inadequate. It demanded decisive measures to defend national and diaspora interests and to resist perceived economic bullying.