Overview
- Justices heard arguments on whether the 1977 IEEPA allowed the president to impose sweeping reciprocal tariffs on trading partners including India.
- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Trump is using tariffs to "buy justice" and urged India to stop buying oil from Russia to help end the war.
- The United States set a 25% reciprocal tariff on India and added another 25% linked to Delhi’s Russian oil purchases, taking total duties to 50%.
- In court filings, officials cited a preexisting national emergency related to the Ukraine conflict as the legal basis for the tariff actions.
- India called the measures unfair and says its energy policy follows national interest, while Trump has claimed Delhi will reduce Russian oil imports.