meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Newshour

Trump's 50% tariff on India kicks in

Newshour

BBC

Daily News, News

4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Donald Trump's steep 50% tariffs on India have kicked in, weeks after the US president issued an executive order imposing an additional 25% penalty on India over its purchases of Russian oil and weapons. Also on the programme, we speak a US senator recently back from Syria on the situation in the country; and, how a K-Pop animated movie became Netflix's biggest hit.

(Photo: A man counts Indian currency notes at a shop in the old quarters of Delhi, India, August 27, 2025. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis)

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service. We're coming to you live from London.

0:08.3

I'm James Menendez. In a moment, we will be heading to India as US tariffs of 50% on Indian goods come into force.

0:16.6

Also today, the Danish government has summoned a senior US diplomat in Copenhagen because of what it calls an influence campaign that America's been waging in Greenland, apparently to persuade people there that they'd be better off with the US.

0:31.0

And a Korean-inspired animation becomes Netflix's most watched film ever.

0:36.5

We'll hear how K-pop continues to grab

0:38.5

imaginations all around the world. That's coming up in the second half of the program.

0:43.8

But we are going to start in India, which today finds itself in the unenviable position of having

0:48.2

to deal with some of the highest U.S. trade tariffs in the world. That's because President

0:52.9

Trump's 25% levy imposed because of India's

0:57.0

purchases of discounted Russian oil came into effect at midnight Washington time. And they come on top

1:02.8

of a separate reciprocal tariff bringing the total amount that US firms must pay to bring in goods

1:08.3

from India to 50%. And that is bad news for the world's fastest growing large economy.

1:15.0

The US is India's biggest export market.

1:18.2

And it raises a huge question mark over relations between Washington and Delhi,

1:22.9

which, once warm, have now taken a nosedive.

1:26.2

Well, let's go live to Delhi and talk to the BBC's Davina

1:29.3

Gupta, who joins me on the line. DeVina, good to have you with us on NewsA. How are people where you are

1:34.7

responding to this? Well, James, it's been a big blow for many Indians here and those secondary

1:41.1

tariffs are directly linked with oil prices, which are a very sensitive

1:44.9

issue in India because the country imports most of what it needs. And any spike there trickles down

1:50.9

into household budgets from energy bills to transport and even agriculture costs. So cheap

1:57.0

Russian oil has been a cushion. India imports nearly all of its soil and nearly 40% comes from Russia.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.