US President Donald Trump on Friday said the India–US trade deal remains unchanged despite the US Supreme Court striking down his earlier reciprocal tariffs imposed under emergency powers.

Responding to questions about the ruling’s impact, Trump said, “Nothing changes. They’ll be paying tariffs, and we will not be paying tariffs,” reaffirming that the agreement with India remains intact.

The Supreme Court, in a 6–3 decision authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, invalidated Trump’s global tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The court ruled that the 1977 law does not grant the president authority to levy tariffs, stating that the power to regulate importation does not include the authority to impose such duties.

Despite the ruling, Trump announced a new 10 percent global tariff under a separate legal provision. A White House official confirmed that India will face the 10 percent tariff until another legal mechanism is invoked.

Trump defended the revised trade arrangement with India, describing it as a “fair deal.” He said the agreement reverses what he called past imbalances, adding that the United States will not pay tariffs under the pact while India will.

Tariffs have been central to Trump’s economic and foreign policy approach, which he argues corrects trade disparities. However, the Supreme Court’s ruling reinforced that under the US Constitution, Congress — not the president — holds authority over taxation and tariffs. Trump criticized the judgment, calling it “terrible” and “defective.”

Meanwhile, India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal indicated that an interim India–US trade agreement is likely to be signed in March and operationalized in April. Chief negotiators from both countries are scheduled to meet in Washington beginning February 23 to finalize the text.

Under the proposed framework, the US will reduce reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods from 25 percent to 18 percent. It has also removed the earlier 25 percent punitive tariffs imposed on India over its purchases of Russian crude oil. The relief significantly benefits Indian exporters who had faced cumulative duties of up to 50 percent.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is expected to visit India in March to formally sign the agreement.