{
  "id": 664904,
  "title": "Will Trump’s proposed drug tariffs end India’s reign as ‘pharmacy of the world’?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/will-trumps-proposed-drug-tariffs-end-indias-reign-as-pharmacy-of-the",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-12T11:40:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3363805/will-trumps-proposed-drug-tariffs-end-indias-reign-pharmacy-world"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "India’s long-held status as the “pharmacy of the world” could be affected by US President Donald Trump’s plan to impose steep tariffs on imported drugs from 2028, threatening the low-cost, export-driven model that has made the country a vital supplier of generic medicines, analysts have warned. Late last month, Trump announced that the US would impose 100 per cent tariffs on generic medicines…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}