US Tariffs Bite Back As Most Americans Say They Spend More Under Tariffs | World News

A majority of Americans say President Trump’s tariffs are making life more expensive and hurting family budgets, according to a new poll from ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos.

The survey found that people are feeling the pinch in stores and at home. Nearly seven in 10 Americans said they spent more money on groceries this year compared to last. Nearly six in 10 people said they pay more for utilities. Nearly four in 10 people said they were spending more on healthcare, housing and fuel, according to ABC News.

The impact of higher tariffs is being felt across the United States. Majorities of Democrats (89 percent), independents (73 percent) and Republicans (52 percent) said their grocery bills increased this year. According to ABC, women are more likely than men to report higher spending in nearly every category.

President Trump’s administration, in its second term, imposed high tariffs on many foreign countries, including India. The tariff policy currently under review by the Supreme Court was disapproved by 65 percent of Americans, who said it worsened inflation and harmed the economy.

This comes after the US imposed a 50 percent tariff on India, its largest trading partner. US tariff measures also affected India. Washington imposed a 50 percent tariff, including 25 percent secondary duties, on Indian goods in August after New Delhi continued to buy oil from Russia.

According to the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) report, India’s exports to its largest trading partner, the United States, dropped sharply by 37.5 percent between May and September 2025, falling from $8.8 billion to $5.5 billion. This decline marks one of the steepest short-term export declines in recent years.

GTRI research found that tariffs, which started at 10 percent in April and rose to 50 percent at the end of August, caused significant losses across sectors.

Non-scheduled products, which account for nearly a third of India’s total shipments, fell 47 percent from $3.4 billion in May to $1.8 billion in September.

Pharmaceutical exports fell by 15.7 percent, while industrial metals and auto parts, which face uniform global tariffs, fell by 16.7 percent overall.

Aluminum exports fell by 37 percent, copper by 25 percent, auto parts by 12 percent and iron and steel exports by 8 percent.

Labor-intensive sectors such as textiles, gems and jewellery, chemicals, agri-food and machinery, which account for 60 per cent of India’s exports to the US, experienced a 33 per cent decline, falling from US$ 4.8 billion in May to US$ 3.2 billion in September.