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US Commerce Secretary Meets India Trade Minister After Trump Tariff Setback

Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 4:18 AM

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick met with India's Trade Minister in New Delhi this week to discuss economic partnerships. The meeting comes just days after President Trump's broad tariff plans were struck down by the Supreme Court.

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sat down with India’s Trade Minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi this Thursday to explore trade opportunities and economic cooperation between the two nations, according to a social media post from the Indian official.

The meeting took place just days following the Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate President Donald Trump’s comprehensive global tariff strategy. Goyal had indicated earlier this week that bilateral trade negotiations would move forward once the situation became clearer, showing India’s commitment to pursuing agreements with the United States even as Trump’s tariff authority faces legal challenges.

“A highly productive lunch … so many areas of cooperation for our two nations!”, the U.S. envoy to India Sergio Gor said in a separate post on X, with a picture of himself with Lutnick and Goyal.

According to an official from India’s trade ministry, Lutnick is currently visiting the country for personal reasons.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision, Trump has implemented a temporary 10% tariff on all countries, including India, while pledging to increase it to 15% – the highest level permitted under the legal framework he’s now using.

Before the court’s ruling, the two nations had reached an agreement in principle for the United States to reduce tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from the current 50% rate – which had included an additional 25% penalty tariff imposed due to India’s purchases of Russian oil.

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