The ongoing Section 301 investigations against India and some other countries, launched by the USTR in March 2026 continue to be worrying for New Delhi as it could trigger significant trade penalties

The Trump administration has intimated that foreign economies are flooding the market with their products and, consequently, depressing demand for American-made goods.
The USTR alleged that trade surpluses and inadequate protection against forced-labour imports in certain economies, including India, burden American commerce through artificially low-priced competition and displaced domestic production