India, April 20 -- India and the US resumed in-person trade negotiations in Washington D.C. on Monday after nearly four months. It has been just over a year since US President Donald Trump delivered a huge shock to the global trading order when he announced his reciprocal tariffs last April. Trade policy has had a tumultuous ride in the US since then. Trump invoked emergency powers to implement these tariffs, but the US Supreme Court deemed the action unjustified. A legislative route to tariffs might not be as easy for Trump. The domestic environment in the US has become even murkier with Trump's decision to launch a war in West Asia. Things will continue to be extremely volatile until the US midterm polls in November.

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