Rows of small factories line the streets of a dusty suburb in Bengaluru, where workers weld and cast Indian-made steel into everything from car parts to kitchen sinks. Here, U.S. President Trump’s announcement to impose high trade tariffs on steel imports has some unexpected supporters.

On February 10, 2025, the Trump administration published a proclamation announcing reinstatement of the 25% tariff on all steel imports

Economist Swaminathan Aiyar has said that India could also feature on Trump's tariff list. But he said that tariffs impact on India would to be very little as India is not a very big market exporter to the USA compared with various others.

US President Donald Trump’s threatened steel tariffs that don’t kick in for two weeks are impacting US buyers who already are seeing American-made metal cost more than imports.