United States Names India Part of Shadow Transhipment Network in White House Report

Key facts

• The White House report titled 'The Great Transhipment Scam', prepared by US President Donald Trump's adviser Peter Navarro, estimated illegal transhipment of Chinese goods at roughly $60 billion.
• India was placed in Tier 1 of the report's list of around 40 countries enabling Chinese goods to evade US tariffs.
• Other major US trading partners placed in Tier 1 included Canada, Japan, the European Union, Israel, and Mexico.
• The report estimated that approximately $67 billion in US-bound goods were transshipped from China through Mexico, India, and Vietnam in 2025, causing about $28 billion in lost tariff revenue.
• The report called for firm action against enabling countries, including interdiction, penalty tariffs, sanctions, and potential loss of market access.
• The report traced the origins of the shadow transhipment network to the Section 301 tariffs imposed on Chinese goods by the Trump administration in 2018.
• The report was released six days after the US Senate approved a bill authorising tariffs of up to 100% on countries, including India, buying Russian oil.