After Trump doubles tariff, India’s strategy: Remain quiet, don’t give in, wait it out
US President Donald Trump may have doubled the tariffs on India to 50 per cent, but New Delhi is not alarmed or unduly perturbed; rather the government seems to be prepared to wait it out for the next few weeks or more — deal with his increasing frustration by remaining calm. It has taken an unequivocal call that Trump cannot tell India not to trade with Russia or distance itself from BRICS.