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Too early to comment on US tariff changes; commerce ministry reviewing situation: Sitharaman
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....oo early to comment on US tariff changes; commerce ministry reviewing situation: Sitharaman<BR>Customs & Trade<BR>Dated:- 23-2-2026<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said it is too early to comment on the tariff changes announced by the United States and the commerce ministry is reviewing the situation. On Friday, the US Supreme Court gave a verdic....
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....t against the sweeping import tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on trade partners. Following that, President Donald Trump imposed a 10 per cent tariff on all countries, including India, from February 24 for 150 days. Later on Saturday, Trump announced raising these tariffs to 15 per cent. Asked about the impact of tariff changes on the Indian economy, Sitharaman said it is a "bit too....
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.... soon" to comment. "But on the trade particularly, aside from the Indian economy in general, the commerce ministry is reviewing the situation. The delegation will have to take a call on when they are going to go for further negotiations. So it's a bit too early for me (to comment)," Sitharaman said. On Sunday, India and the US decided to reschedule the proposed meeting of their chief negot....
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....iators, supposed to be held in Washington from Monday, to finalise the text for the interim trade pact, according to sources. Joint Secretary in the commerce ministry, Darpan Jain, is the chief negotiator of India for this agreement. Talking to reporters after addressing the RBI's Central Board here, Sitharaman said India has been on a very clear path of wanting to have trade deals and hav....
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....e already inked pacts with Australia, New Zealand, the UAE, Qatar, Oman, the EU and the UK. "So, therefore, our attempt to have a trade agreement will go on with countries, " she said adding that India wants the economy to have the advantage of trading globally and being able to reach global markets. PTI DP JD ANU =============<BR> News - Press release - PIB....