COVER STORY
How India-US ties pan out is anyone’s guess. But one thing is clear: India cannot fully trust the US as a reliable partner in times of need
Outlook Magazine - The Tariff Weapon - 01 September 2025 Issue
The September 1st, issue of Outlook Magazine arrives at a critical moment in India’s economic story. With President Donald Trump announcing that tariffs on Indian exports to the United States will rise to 50 per cent, the ripple effects are already visible across industries and regions. The impact will be geopolitical, but as the stories in our cover, ‘The Tariff Weapon’, will show, the scale of disruption in trade also needs to account for the human stories behind it. KA Shaji reports from the shrimp belt of Andhra Pradesh (and Digha), where export-quality produce now languishes in ponds and cold storage as the United States buyers grow shy of Indian imports. Ishfaq Naseem travels through Kashmir’s orchards to document walnut and apple growers whose fortunes depend almost entirely on the United States. NK Bhoopesh, with inputs from Jinit Parmar in Surat, brings us to Tiruppur and Coimbatore, where textile exporters face the harsh maths of tariff hikes. Read these and more in Outlook's latest issue.
India could absorb a 25 per cent tariff. Economic growth will not be materially affected. All eyes must be on the 25 per cent penalty tariff, due to kick in soon.
Farmers, dairyists and small businesses in India are grappling with the threat of hiked tariffs on imports by the United States.
Uncertain times for diamond workers in Surat as tariff threatens trade
The BJP regime’s foreign policy successes have come unstuck with Trump’s announcement of fifty per cent tariffs.
The latest tariff hike announcement, whose deadline approaches fast, has thrown a shadow over Tiruppur, India’s knitwear capital.
The US-reliant shrimp export market from India will have hunger stalking fishing villages even as ponds and storage facilities fill up with export-quality shrimp.
South Kashmir's orchard farmers hope for salvation amid tariff tussle, increasing imports of Washington apples.
A tough call is to be made at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting as India’s foreign policy must Act East with deeds beyond words.
The opposition vs ECI mega political play begins with the Bihar march; Bengal braces to become next battlefield.
India could absorb a 25 per cent tariff. Economic growth will not be materially affected. All eyes must be on the 25 per cent penalty tariff, due to kick in soon.
Farmers, dairyists and small businesses in India are grappling with the threat of hiked tariffs on imports by the United States.
Uncertain times for diamond workers in Surat as tariff threatens trade
The BJP regime’s foreign policy successes have come unstuck with Trump’s announcement of fifty per cent tariffs.
The latest tariff hike announcement, whose deadline approaches fast, has thrown a shadow over Tiruppur, India’s knitwear capital.
The US-reliant shrimp export market from India will have hunger stalking fishing villages even as ponds and storage facilities fill up with export-quality shrimp.
South Kashmir's orchard farmers hope for salvation amid tariff tussle, increasing imports of Washington apples.
A tough call is to be made at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting as India’s foreign policy must Act East with deeds beyond words.
The opposition vs ECI mega political play begins with the Bihar march; Bengal braces to become next battlefield.
OTHER STORIES
How a dog’s life compares to a refugee’s life in India
Delhi has over a lakh community dogs that have coexisted with the city’s human population for decades. Now the country’s top court wants them gone
The MSPSA gives the state-corporate nexus the legal means to suppress participatory democracy under the guise of public security.
Gaza reflects the haunting collapse of humanity and the hunger war is consuming Palestinians.
Adil Jussawalla’s memory palace is full of fond ephemeral objects, soft and hard.
What has made Sholay infallible in the public imagination? What makes the film tick even after 50 years of its release?
Amid the relentless monsoon, the author watches Kerala bid farewell to Communist icon V.S. Achuthanandan
