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US President Donald Trump has claimed that India has now “offered” to cut its tariffs to nothing, “but it’s getting late’, as he said that India buys most of its oil and military products from Russia and very little from the US.
“What few people understand is that we do very little business with India, but they do a tremendous amount of business with us,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
He added that India sells to the US, its biggest “client’, “massive” amounts of goods, “but we sell them very little – Until now a totally one sided relationship, and it has been for many decades.”
The reason is that India has charged us, until now, such high tariffs, the most of any country, that our businesses are unable to sell into India, he said.
“It has been a totally one sided disaster! Also, India buys most of its oil and military products from Russia, very little from the US. They have now offered to cut their Tariffs to nothing, but it’s getting late. They should have done so years ago. Just some simple facts for people to ponder!!!’ Trump said.
Trump’s comments come as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin.
