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Donald Trump Says India Wants A Trade Deal To Avoid Tariffs On Its Products
Trump's statement comes in wake of the growing economic tension between The US and Chin
The US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that India wants to enter into a trade deal with the US to ensure that the Trump administration does not impose tariffs on their products. The statement comes in wake of the growing economic tension between The US and China.
“We have a country, take India. Good relationship,” Trump said. “They want to make a deal now because they don’t want me to do what I’m going to do, with I have to. So, they (Indians) call us. They didn’t want to make a deal with anybody else.”
Trump’s remarks follow Assistant US Trade Representative Mark Linscott recent trip to from India where he had a discussion with senior Indian officials on bilateral trade and a possible trade deal between the two countries.
According to Trump, India imposes 100 percent tariffs on American products, while the US charges nothing on Indian products. He indirectly referred to India in the context of the countries which have been taking advantage of America.
“Take India. You talk about free trade. So, let’s say they (Indians) charge us 60 percent tariff on a product. And for the same product when they send it in (America), we charge them nothing. So now I want to charge them 25 percent or 20 or 10 or something,” Trump said referring to trade relationship with India.
“What do you think? That’s not free trade. We don’t like it. I said, where are these people coming from? So, think of it. Where are they coming from? You have no idea how difficult it is. Where are they coming?” Trump added.
Addressing the crowd, the US President said that he is using India just as an example as he can name a lot of other countries which are “brutal” to what they do with the United States. He added that the US never asked other countries to negotiate, so, they just do whatever they wish to.
