India has recommended a three-year import tariff of 11%-12% on some steel products to curb shipments from top producer China. The levy, if imposed, will start at 12%. It will be eased to 11.5% in the second year and to 11% in the third year,

In an opinion piece published in Newsweek on Wednesday, Haley stressed that India should not be treated in the same category as China. She cautioned the Trump administration against allowing disputes --such as tariff conflicts or the US role in India-Pakistan peace talks -- to fracture the bond between two of the world's largest democracies.

Former NSA John Bolton criticized Trump’s tariff decisions, warning they are “destroying decades of effort” to build trust with India.

Ecuador, meanwhile, is closely tracking tariffs on India to seize on business opportunities, but producers there will go slow on new investments amid uncertainty over whether India and the Trump administration could strike a tariff deal, said Jose Antonio Camposano, president of National Chamber of Aquaculture of Ecuador.