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Rant Continues : India is coming to the table. The Maharajah of tariffs – Peter Navarro, White House Trade Advisor
Navarro, who has often targeted India over its purchase of Russian oil, said that the country had not bought such supplies before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Ahead of trade talks between Indian and United States officials in Delhi, White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said India, which has the ‘highest tariffs’ of any major country, is ‘coming to the table’.
As reported by PTI, His comments came ahead of the Trump administration’s chief negotiator Brendan Lynch’s day-long talks on Tuesday on the proposed India-US bilateral trade deal, which was impacted after the imposition of 50 per cent import tariffs by the US on Indian goods.
“India is coming to the table. The Maharajah of tariffs,” Navarro said in an interview to CNBC Monday.
He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sent out a ‘very conciliatory, nice, constructive’ tweet, ‘whatever they do in India, and President (Donald) Trump responded to that.’
Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India and the US are natural partners and teams from both sides are working to conclude negotiations on a bilateral trade deal.
6/ Let’s be clear:
The U.S. doesn’t need unfair trade with India.
But India desperately needs access to U.S. markets and schools and intends to continue taking U.S. jobs. pic.twitter.com/lg1KuYvFPF
— Peter Navarro (@RealPNavarro) September 9, 2025
7/ Indian propagandists – and their government masters can tantrum all they want.
But THE FACTS don’t lie:
High Indian tariffs. Russian oil laundering. Community Note disinformation. Foreign political interference.
The road to peace in Ukraine runs through New Delhi. pic.twitter.com/LijYkvIb9r
— Peter Navarro (@RealPNavarro) September 9, 2025
His social media post came in response to Trump’s remarks that efforts are on to address ‘trade barriers’ between the two countries.
“We’ll see that, this is how this works. But as a practical matter, we know that on the trade side, they have the highest tariffs of any major country. They have very high non-tariff barriers. We had to deal with that like we’re dealing with every other country that does that,” Navarro said.
Navarro, who has often targeted India over its purchase of Russian oil, said that the country had not bought such supplies before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.