(8 Aug 2025)
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New Delhi – 7 August 2025
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Seema Malik, Director of Global Crafts, manufacturer and exporter of ladies’ garments:
"This is going to be a very hard time for us."
2. Pan right of garment workers
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Seema Malik, Director of Global Crafts, manufacturer and exporter of ladies’ garments: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 4++
"Actually the Indian goods are going to very expensive in the US market. So, the competitive edge that we had before is going, will no longer be there."
4. Wide of workers
5. Tilt up of worker sewing
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Seema Malik, Director of Global Crafts, manufacturer and exporter of ladies’ garments: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT 4 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT 6 AND PARTIALLY BY SHOT 7++
"It is a very drastic step that President Trump has taken. So this is going to be a very hard time for us."
7. Various of worker doing hand embroidery
8. Wide of workers
9. Workers sowing
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Seema Malik, Director of Global Crafts, manufacturer and exporter of ladies’ garments: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT 7 AND IS PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 8-11++
"A lot of people will get impacted, because we are not the only ones. We work with the artisans, we work with craftsmen and tailors and laborers, and a lot of people are involved. So it is not a one-man job or two-man job, it is a multi-tasking job.”
11. Various of workers
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Seema Malik, Director of Global Crafts, manufacturer and exporter of ladies’ garments:
++OVERLAID BY SHOT 11++
"That is a hardship because everyone will be switching over to other sources which are available right now. So we have to lay off our manpower also.”
++ENDS++
STORYLINE:
The director of an Indian luxury garment manufacturer and exporter described Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on India as "drastic".
Seema Malik, the director of Global Crafts, told the Associated Press that "a lot of people will get impacted," as the company works with artisans, crafts workers and tailors.
Trump has vowed an additional 25% tariff on India as a sanction for its purchases of Russian oil, bringing the combined tariffs imposed by the U.S. on its ally to 50%.
A leading group of Indian exporters said that will affect nearly 55% of the country’s outbound shipments to the U.S. and force exporters to lose long-standing clients.
Malik said Global Crafts exports 90% of their products to the U.S.
She fears that clients will take their business to other Asian countries like Vietnam and Indonesia, who have lower tariffs.
Trump’s Wednesday announcement came as India and the U.S. are still negotiating a trade deal that has faced roadblocks after it was first announced when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Trump in Washington earlier this year.
The additional tariff would go into effect 21 days, meaning that both India and Russia might have time to negotiate with the Trump administration on the import taxes.
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