India does not plan to retaliate against U.S. President Donald Trump's 26% tariff on imports from the Asian nation, an Indian government official said, citing ongoing talks for a deal between the countries.

India does not plan to take retaliatory actions against President Trump's tariffs. Negotiations between the two countries are ongoing, reports Reuters. A government official stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration has examined a provision in US President Donald Trump’s executive order on tariffs.

As President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term, Indian officials put a plan in motion to sidestep his promised trade war — launching high-level trade talks with their American counterparts,

Trump has expressed openness to reaching a deal with countries, even as other officials in his administration have insisted his tariffs aren’t a negotiation.

More than 50 countries have sought talks with President Donald Trump in a scramble to ease punishing tariffs on exports to the United States, the White House said Sunday, as trade partners braced for fallout.