Washington DC, Feb. 20 -- US President Donald Trump said that India will continue to pay the 18 per cent tariffs, despite the Supreme Court ruling to invalidate the reciprocal tariffs.

US-India have struck an interim trade agreement under which Washington decreased tariffs to 18 per cent from the previous 50 per cent. New Delhi, on the other hand, agreed to impose zero tariffs on US goods.

However, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump's sweeping tariffs on goods from nearly all partner countries had violated the federal law.

Trump, who called SC's decision "deeply disappointing", said "nothing changes," while responding to an ANI question about the impact the ruling is going to make on the India-US trade deal. The deal is expected to...