India Sees a Golden Opportunity in U.S.-China Trade War

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

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A.M. Edition for April 22. The U.S. and India agree to broad terms to negotiate a potential trade deal. WSJ’s South Asia bureau chief Tripti Lahiri says India, a country that has long frustrated foreign companies with red tape, now sees an opening to capture American investment from China. Meanwhile, Washington targets Chinese solar-product manufacturers in Southeast Asia with steep tariffs. And Harvard sues the Trump administration in an escalating battle over its funding. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.1	It isn't just that U.S. tariffs are giving India an opportunity with China,
0:58.0	but they're giving India an opportunity with those economies that had taken some of the China
1:01.5	manufacturing in recent years, basically since Trump 1.0.
1:05.4	It's Tuesday, April 22nd.
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1:12.6	The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:19.4	Harvard is suing the Trump administration, arguing that the government violated the university's
1:24.1	constitutional rights by freezing billions of dollars in federal funding
1:28.8	and jeopardizing its academic independence. The suit asks a federal court to halt the funding
1:35.0	freeze and declare the move, as well as demands made of the university by President Trump's
1:40.3	anti-Semitism task force as illegal. Those demands include federal government oversight
1:46.5	of admissions, hiring, and the ideology of students and staff, which Harvard says go against
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1:57.6	universities, says it's targeting schools that failed to protect Jewish
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