Chennai, Aug. 16 -- Observing that Tamil Nadu's thriving manufacturing sector was facing a never seen before crisis following the 50 per cent import tariffs imposed by US on India, threatening millions of livelihoods across various sectors, Chief Minister M K Stalin today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi's urgent intervention and take all steps to navigate this trade predicament.

Pointing out that 31 per cent of exports to US were from Tamil Nadu, he said this higher dependency on the US market clearly implies that tariff impact on Tamil Nadu will be disproportionately greater than for most other Indian states.

In a Demi-Official letter to Mr Modi, copies of which were released to the media here, Mr Stalin requested his urgent in...