India, Feb. 23 -- Some commentators have suggested that the US Supreme Court's recent decision invalidating certain presidential tariffs calls into question the legal and strategic foundation of the newly announced India-US trade deal. That assessment overstates the case. Although the Court's ruling constrains one avenue of executive leverage, it does not dismantle the broader statutory architecture available to the president or otherwise prevent the administration's use of tariffs in the articulation and execution of US trade policy. Nor should it materially unsettle the framework for trade deal negotiated over many months against the backdrop of a multifaceted strategic partnership. The trade deal should be understood as one component o...