India 'very big abuser' of trade ties with US, says Donald Trump

Donald Trump criticized India's high tariffs on US imports, labeling it a significant abuser of trade relations. He vowed to implement reciprocal tariffs if re-elected. Trump also mentioned upcoming discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and highlighted the challenges posed by India, Brazil, and China in trade negotiations.

NEW DELHI: Donald Trump on Tuesday called India a "very big abuser" of trade ties with the US, reiterating that India imposes heavy tariffs on imports. He said that his government, if voted to power, would engage in a reciprocal trade charging the same amount of tariffs as the other countries did. Calling India and Brazil as "tough", while China was the "toughest" to deal with in terms of trade, Trump said, "So we're going to do a reciprocal trade.

If anybody charges us 10 cents, if they charge us USD 2, if they charge us a hundred per cent, 250, we charge them the same thing." "So when India, which is a very big abuser. He (Modi) happens to be coming to meet me next week, and Modi, he's fantastic.

I mean, fantastic man. A lot of these leaders are fantastic," he said ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US for the 4th Quad summit. "These people are the sharpest people.

They're not a little bit backwards...

You know the expression, they're at the top of their game, and they use it against us. But India is very tough. Brazil is very tough.

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China is the toughest of all, but we were taking care of China with the tariffs," he continued. Meanwhile, Trump met with Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Florida in July. Orban, a close ally, is hoping for a Republican victory in the upcoming November elections.

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