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Trump singles out India for charging ‘tremendously excessive tariffs’ from US | World Information

In the course of the first handle of his second time period in a joint session of the Congress, United States President Donald Trump defended his harsh tariff coverage, reiterating that the US has been going through excessive tariffs from a number of nations internationally, together with India.

Singling out India in the course of the speech, Trump stated, “India costs us auto tariffs increased than one hundred pc.”(AP)

“When you don’t make your product in America beneath the Trump administration, you’ll pay a tariff, and in some instances, a reasonably giant one. Different nations have used tariffs towards us for many years and now it is our flip to start out utilizing them towards these different nations,” Trump stated throughout his handle.

Observe dwell updates of Donald Trump’s Congress handle right here.

‘It’s very unfair’

Trump listed out nations who he stated cost the US “large” quantity of tariffs which included India. “On common, the European Union, China, Brazil, India, Mexico and Canada …have you ever heard of them? And numerous different nations cost us tremendously excessive tariffs than we cost them,” Trump stated.

“It’s very unfair,” he added.

Singling out India in the course of the speech, Trump stated, “India costs us auto tariffs increased than one hundred pc.”

“China’s common tariff on our merchandise is twice what we cost them and South Korea’s common tariff is 4 occasions increased,” he additional stated.

Trump introduced that the USA will impose reciprocal tariffs on a number of nations, beginning April 2 and never April 1, since he didn’t need it to coincide with “April Fools Day”.

“On April 2nd, I wished to make it April 1st however did not need it to be accused of April Fools day… it is some huge cash…April 2nd reciprocal tariffs kick in, no matter they tariff us, we are going to tariff them, a reciprocal forwards and backwards… in the event that they do non-monetary tariffs to maintain us out of their market, we are going to do non-monetary limitations to maintain them out of our market,” Trump stated throughout his speech.

Trump’s reciprocal tariffs announcement was met with a thunderous standing ovation by his loyalists in the home.

The bulletins come after the USA on Tuesday determined to undergo with its punishing 25 p.c tariffs on its neighbouring nations and two of its largest commerce companions – Canada and Mexico. The US additionally doubled tariffs on Chinese language items from 10 p.c to twenty p.c on Tuesday, citing lack of motion from China on its alleged position in fentanyl manufacturing.

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