Trump-era tariffs on India rank among the world’s highest, impacting trade, the economy, and U.S.-India relations.

Businesses and policymakers are casting around for help from unlikely places, as the country’s exports to the United States are crushed by 50 percent tariffs.

U.S. President Donald Trump's doubling of tariffs on imports from India to as much as 50% took effect as scheduled on Wednesday, dealing a serious blow to ties between the two countries that became strategic partners after the turn of this century.