India vowed on Thursday to protect its labour-intensive agriculture sector, a central sticking point in bogged-down trade talks with the U.S., as Washington threatened 25% tariffs, triggering outrage from the opposition and a slump in the rupee.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to raise tariffs on Indian imports as high as 25% if the allied nations cannot complete a long-sought trade agreement.

India expects US trade negotiators to visit the country later this month to continue talks on a bilateral deal, an official in New Delhi said, after President Donald Trump hit the South Asian nation with a 25% tariff.