Trump criticizes India for big tariffs |
US President Donald Trump has criticised India`s "big tariffs" on American paper products and the iconic Harley-Davidson bikes, saying the US has been losing billions of dollars to countries like India, China and Japan. The President has repeatedly claimed that India is a "tariff king" and imposes "tremendously high" tariffs on American products. He said that the US was being charged high tariffs on foreign paper products. Early this year, at a White House event to announce his support for reciprocal tax, Trump had said that he was satisfied with the Indian decision to reduce the import tariff on high-end Harley Davidson motorcycles from 100 per cent to 50 percent. India is pressing for exemption from the high duty imposed by the US on certain steel and aluminium products, resumption of export benefits to certain domestic products under the generalised system of preferences programme, greater market access for its products from agriculture, automobile, automobile components and engineering sectors.On the other hand, the US is demanding greater market access through a cut in import duties for its agriculture goods, dairy products, medical devices, IT and communication items.
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