Unfolding story: Living in very unprecedented times 
Indian exporters across textile, and apparel goods (T&A) are rushing to ship as much as possible to the United States amid fears and utter uncertainty that President Donald Trump may increase any which way to pursue his tariffs agenda the 15% tariff announced on Saturday after the 150-day window.

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Exporters are in talks with US buyers to maximise shipments and are working through holidays to expedite dispatches, industry officials said.

Context setting: Using a different statute 
The US Supreme Court had on Friday invalidated Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” under an international emergency law. The president without any loss of time announced a new 10% tariff on all countries and raised in coming few hours that to 15% on Saturday. The levy, implemented under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, will remain in effect provisionally for a maximum of 150 days unless extended by (Congressional oversight).

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Trade view
Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) categorically said it is keeping a close eye on how the situation is panning out analysing the implications of the unpacking developments on US tariffs and how they may potentially affect India’s textile and apparel exports (T&A). “No brainer, the recent development has cast a fresh spell of uncertainty and utter confusion,” it said in a release. “Authorities providing greater clarity, including on what now happens to the terms agreed in the interim trade deal between India and the US, will be most helpful as it’s the India-US trade deal next round of negotiations/engagement has been pushed back here and now.”

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Lalit Thukral, chairman of Noida Apparel Export Cluster (NAEC), alluded to that they would push exports to the US over the next 150 days, but added that I have to say there is “a lot of uncertainty in the US market presently” over whether importers would receive a refund of tariffs paid.

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Cause and effect 
India’s merchandise exports performance in the US textiles and apparel (T&C) market in 2025 was effectively flat, with imports rising just 0.9% to $9.68 billion.
All in all ’Trump’s tariff fans uncertainty’
Credits: This piece of information is based on using text from ET 23-02-2026 edition. The content has been “edited and reviewed in parts” by us.

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