Washington:
US President Donald Trump on Friday (native time) expressed optimism concerning the ongoing India-US tariff talks and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s management, referring to him as a “very sensible man” and a “nice good friend.”
Whereas answering questions throughout an Interplay with reporters on the swearing-in ceremony of the US legal professional for New Jersey Alina Habba, Trump lauded PM Modi’s management qualities, describing him as a “nice prime minister.”
Trump stated, “Prime Minister Modi was right here only in the near past, and we have at all times been excellent mates.”
“India is among the highest tariffing nations on the earth… They’re very sensible. He (PM Modi) is a really sensible man and a terrific good friend of mine. We had excellent talks. I believe it should work out very nicely between India and our nation. And I wish to say you’ve got a terrific prime minister,” he added.
Trump’s feedback got here after Modi’s go to to the US in February, the place the leaders introduced plans to barter the primary tranche of a mutually helpful, multi-sector Bilateral Commerce Settlement (BTA) by the autumn of 2025, which might strengthen the financial ties between the 2 nations.
On Thursday, in a major coverage announcement from the Oval Workplace, Trump declared a 25 per cent tariff on all imported autos coming into america, a transfer he described as “very thrilling” for home manufacturing.
The tariffs, set to take impact on April 2, will affect almost half of all autos bought in america, together with American manufacturers assembled abroad.
The wide-ranging measure goals to incentivise automobile producers to determine extra manufacturing amenities inside US borders.
US President Donald Trump had earlier focused India, saying “they’ve the best tariffs” and “it’s a laborious place to do enterprise”.
In February, US President Donald Trump introduced that he would quickly impose reciprocal tariffs on nations like India and China, asserting that america would cost the identical tariffs these nations impose on American items.
Trump stated, “We’ll quickly impose reciprocal tariffs- they cost us, we cost them. No matter an organization or a rustic, corresponding to India or China, prices, we wish to be truthful; therefore, reciprocal.”
He added, “Now we have by no means accomplished that. We had been on the point of do it till Covid hit.”
Trump additionally particularly focused India’s tariffs on vehicle imports, saying, “India prices us auto tariffs greater than 100 per cent.”
Whereas addressing a joint session of the US Congress, Trump stated that the reciprocal tax will kick in on April 2. He had stated that the US has been ripped off for many years by almost each nation on earth and vowed to not “let that occur any longer.”
He additionally mentioned the tariffs imposed by the European Union, China, Brazil, and Mexico and introduced that the US would impose tariffs on different nations based mostly on their actions towards the US.
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)
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