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The intensifying trade war between the United States and China has been the focal point of geoeconomics as well as geopolitics, in the purview of the current times. Trump’s unilateral trade tariffs imposed on China and the latter’s retaliation with further duties against the United States has jostled the global trade chains, which has had repercussions beyond the two largest economies. Furthermore, while the G20 summit in Osaka witnessed the US and China returning to the negotiating table to end the tariffs and the Phase One deal between both the countries provided some amnesty, the tensions are much deeper rooted and are far from being resolved. However, as the implications of the trade war move beyond the stratagem of the US–China tug-of-war, many countries like India maneuver through the tussle to find a delicate equilibrium between national interests and global power politics. In this regard, this paper tends to analyze India’s perspective towards the trade war, arguing that New Delhi is taking a non-confrontational, measured approach to surpass the fluid international affairs; in a way that is letting New Delhi shape its decisions on the basis of its national interests and concerns, rather than taking sides.