India, Aug. 7 -- U.S. President Donald Trump reignited a global trade storm by announcing a 50% tariff on Indian imports on August 6, 2025.

Framed as a retaliation for India's continued imports of Russian oil, this policy, if implemented, would mark the sharpest rise in trade duties on a major U.S. partner in recent history. But India, under the firm leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is neither panicking nor compromising.

Instead, the world's fifth-largest economy has stood tall.

Modi's firm rebuttal: "India Is Ready"

Speaking at the MS Swaminathan Centenary Conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded to Trump's threat with calm defiance:

"India will never compromise on the interests of farmers, fishermen, and dairy ...