Donald Trump said adverse ruling on tariffs would risk India-Pakistan ceasefire

The Donald Trump administration, while defending the use of powers to impose sweeping tariffs, told a US court that an adverse ruling would jeopardise the ceasefire between nuclear powers India and Pakistan and endanger the lives of millions. The submission, made last week, failed to convince the Court of International Trade, which blocked Trump’s tariffs from going into effect.

In his submission to the court, US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick reiterated Trump’s claim that a “tenuous” ceasefire was reached between India and Pakistan after the US President interceded and offered both nations trading access to avert a full-scale war.

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