New Delhi, April 7 -- India-US economic relations can likely run into troubled waters if former US President Donald Trump comes back to power in the presidential election in November 2024. Various opinion polls forecast Trump's return, with many in the country and worldwide fearing a return to protectionism and tariff wars. Trump has committed to impose a 10 percent import tariff on all imports and 60 percent on imports from China if he is back in the White House for a second term.

America is a global-buying country; it is the world's biggest importer. India too is a big importer. It is said that Trump will first impose a 10 percent tariff on all imports as part of his "America First" trade policy and then spike duty on such products whi...