Trump’s tariffs to India: Party leader Bharatiya Janata called the 25 % of the “plus punishment” to US President Donald Trum “unfortunate”, but also urged the public to wait for the official statement of the Indian government and noted that Trump often took “U-turn”.
The US President announced on Wednesday that India would face 25 % of the tariff on goods balanced to the United States from 1 August. He also imposed a penalty for the purchase of the “large majority of their military equipment” and oil from Russia. August 1 was the term Trump set for mutual tariffs for dozens of countries, including India.
“America will not be able to do this strategy”
“This is unfortunate and I am sure that the Indian government will take appropriate steps in this respect. Trade and industry will depend on what the Indian government will decide,” said BJP MP Poeen Khandelwal.
BJP MP Hemang Joshi pointed out that Trump tends to issue unilateral statements and added, “He had made a statement before and then made a U-time.”
“The US President is constantly making unilateral statements. Until we get an official word from the Indian government, we should wait. He made a statement before and then turned up,” he said.
BJP MP Pratap Sarangi, who gave similar sentiments, replied to Trump’s notification of a 25 % tariff on Indian exports by saying: “We are convinced that PM Modi will not be able to successfully perform this strategy.
Trump slap 25% of tariffs on “friend” India
In a short but usually violent post, the US President described India as “our friend”, but criticized the country for depositing “too high tariffs (which are) among the highest in the world” and to maintain “the most common and uncomfortable and unpleasant non-monetary trading barriers in any country”.
“Remember, while India is our friend … over the years we have been doing relatively few shops with them because their tariffs are too high, among the highest in the world. And they have the most strenuous and unpleasant trading barriers in any country.”
“They have also always bought the vast majority of their military equipment from Russia and are the largest Russian energy buyer … At a time when everyone wants Russia to stop killing in Ukraine. India will therefore pay a 25 percent plan plus the sentence for the above, starting on August 1 …”
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