Hobbled by US tariffs, carpet weavers in India’s Kashmir struggle to stay afloat

SRINAGAR: Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, a former carpet weaver in India’s Jammu and Kashmir region, now sells tea on the shores of the scenic Dal Lake, abandoning his craft of 35 years after increased US tariffs left him unable to afford his children’s school fees and medicine for his family of six. Thousands of Indian artisans and weavers have been battered by US President Donald Trump’s move in August to double tariffs to 50 percent on Indian goods. Bhat, 49, hired a weaver to finish his last carpet before he laid down his tools.

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