Under the guise of so-called "reciprocity," the United States has been recently arbitrarily imposing tariffs on all its trading partners while pressuring them to engage in so-called "reciprocal tariff" negotiations, an offical spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce said
Questioning the "silence" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the US imposing tariffs, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Tuesday said that the PM should make a statement to maintain people's confidence on the economy and, stock market.
Informing the Union Minister that the fisheries sector is playing a crucial role in the State's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Chandrababu Naidu mentioned that the Centre should stand by the aqua farmers when they are in a deep crisis.
"... The friendship between them (US President Trump and PM Modi) and the way they embrace each other and talk and now these tarriffs. It shows that America (Donald Trump) is a businessman. 'Aur wo humara customer phas gaya'. (And our customers are getting trapped."
India will review and assess the impact of reciprocal tariffs, said Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary on Thursday, reacting to the 27 per cent tariffs on Indian export to the US.
Ray Vickery, former United States Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development on Saturday said that India can not be accused as the tariff abuser, adding that Prime Minister Modi and his administration will continue to manage the delicate trade relationship with the US.
Patanjali Founder Baba Ramdev on Sunday strongly condemned US President Donald Trump's decision to impose reciprocal tariffs, which would be initiated from April 2, calling it a form of "tariff terrorism."
Trump said that the reciprocal tax will kick in on April 2. He said that the US has been ripped off for decades by nearly every country on earth and vowed not to "let that happen any longer."
At a joint press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday (local time), US President Donald Trump interrupted as Starmer replied to a question from a journalist on the issue of Canada.