India, Aug. 7 -- In a major decision by the Trump administration, US President Donald Trump imposed an additional 25 per cent tariff on imports from India, making the total tariff against India 50 per cent. In light of this, economists feel that the move can impact India's GDP growth in EY26 by 0.4 per cent.

Sonal Badhan, Economics Specialist at Bank of Baroda, told ANI that initially, the expected impact of Trump's tariffs was at 0.2 per cent impact with a 25-26 per cent tariff imposed on India.

"There appears to be downside risk to our growth forecast of 6.4-6.6 per cent if lower rates are not negotiated," she said, talking about the consequences of tariffs on growth.

Further, she said that depending on the terms of the final trade a...