New Delhi:
US President Donald Trump presented a positive front on tariff talks between Washington and India, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “very smart man”.
“Prime Minister Modi was here just recently. And we we’ve always been very good friends. India is one of the highest tariffing nations in the world. It’s brutal. He (Modi) is a very smart man and a great friend of mine actually and we had very good talks. I think it’s going to work out very well between India and our country very, very well,” Trump said.
His statement comes day after he declared a 25 per cent tariff on all imported vehicles entering the United States. The tariffs, set to take effect on April 2, will impact nearly half of all vehicles sold in the United States, including American brands assembled overseas.
Among the various occasions when Trump highlighted India’s high tariffs was in February when he announced reciprocal tariffs. “We will soon impose reciprocal tariffs- they charge us, we charge them. Whatever a company or a country, such as India or China, charges, we want to be fair, hence, reciprocal,” he had said.
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