Ahead Of 2+2 Dialogue, Trump Accuses India Of Charging 100% Tariff On Import Of American Products

US President Donald Trump was responding to a question in his recent decisions to impose tariffs on import of foreign products.

Ahead of next week’s maiden 2+2 dialogue with India, US President Donald Trump today accused New Delhi of charging as high as 100 per cent tariff on import of American products. “We have countries where, as an example, India, they charge up as much as 100 per cent tariff. We want the tariffs removed,” Trump said.

He was responding to a question in his recent decisions to impose tariffs on import of foreign products. Trump has defended it by arguing that this is in retaliation to the imbalance of trade that the US has with major trading partners including China, the European Union and India.

India and the US will hold their first 2+2 dialogue next week. External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be in the US for talks with their American counterparts Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary James Mattis.