While the Supreme Court of the United States has struck down the reciprocal tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on various countries, including India, several other tariffs remain in place that continue to hurt various sectors, trade analysts and export data show.

In a February 20 ruling, the Court held that Mr. Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs on other countries exceeded his authority as President, and so struck down the duties.

However, Mr. Trump soon announced that the U.S. would impose a temporary 150-day 10% baseline tariff on all imports from February 24 under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. This section of the Act empowers the President to “address certain fundamental international payment problems through surcharges and other special import restrictions”, according to a factsheet issued by the White House.

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Impact on deal with India

Trade analysts said that the ruling would prompt countries that already have trade deals with the U.S. to reexamine them, and also called for India to do the same regarding its interim trade agreement that is yet to be signed.

“The ruling invalidates country-specific ‘reciprocal tariffs’ and fentanyl-linked duties imposed on imports from major trading partners,” Ajay Srivastava, founder of think-tank Global Trade Research Initiative, said. “The decision effectively renders recent trade deals initiated or concluded by the United States with the UK, Japan, the EU, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and India one-sided and useless. Partner countries may now find reasons to dump these deals.”

In a statement issued on Saturday, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said it had “noted” the U.S. Supreme Court’s judgement, but did not clarify what would happen to India’s interim agreement with Washington.

“We have noted the U.S. Supreme Court judgement on tariffs yesterday,” the statement said, adding, “President Trump has also addressed a press conference in that regard. Some steps have been announced by the U.S. Administration. We are studying all these developments for their implications.”

Tariffs under Section 232 remain

The U.S. also has other tariffs in place, such as those under Section 232 of the U.S. Trade Expansion Act of 1962.

“It would need to be seen how President Trump could still use other laws like Section 232 to enhance/keep tariffs for covered products outside of this decision,” Krishan Arora, Partner and Indirect Tax and India Investment Roadmap Leader at Grant Thornton Bharat said.

Under the Section 232 tariffs, the U.S. has imposed a 50% tariff on imports of steel and aluminium. These tariffs will remain, and data shows they could continue to have an impact on India.

Aluminium and steel exports, taken together, form the fourth-largest group of exports for India to the U.S. Exports to the U.S. of these items fell nearly 66% in December 2025, as per the latest trade data, in response to the tariffs.

‘De minimis’ tariffs also still remain

In August 2025, the U.S. suspended the ‘de minimis’ exemptions, which had granted imports of items valued at less than $800 per person per day. This meant that the import of such items—ranging from textiles to toys, cosmetics, and electronic accessories—would attract the country-specific duties based on their origin.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision on February 20, Mr. Trump issued an executive order saying that he has determined “it is still necessary and appropriate to suspend duty-free de minimis treatment… including for shipments sent through the international postal network”.

This has an impact on India because a number of small exporters and e-commerce players used this de minimis route to send items to customers in the U.S. on a duty-free basis.