US vs India 2026: Tariffs, H-1B Visas, Deportations Explained
Oil and goods keep moving between India and the U.S. — but tariffs, visa rules and deportation flights now run through the same strained relationship. Credit: via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0, photo by R hoevels). Update, Sept. 27: The summitry the original piece was watching has happened. Trump and Xi met in Washington Sept 24 for a three-day summit — AI ended at 'continue discussions' with no formal agreement, and the tariff truce was extended to January 10. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's Sept 20 New York talks with China's He Lifeng produced a U.S. proposal for an AI safety notification mechanism. Neither development closed the India file: the 100% tariff authority still sits unsigned, and the trade deal Goyal is negotiating in Washington remains the next decision point. The tariff headlines are the loudest part of the U.S.–India story this week — but not the whole story. A tariff war that just escalated to the edge of 100%, a trade deal "more or less ...