President Donald Trump has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a \u201cmuch tougher negotiator than him\u201d as the two nations continue to grapple with tariffs.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is a much tougher negotiator than me. He is a better negotiator than me. There is not even a contest,\u201d Trump said at a news conference after their bilateral meeting on Thursday, where tariffs were a key topic of discussion.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, Trump unveiled a plan for a system of reciprocal tariffs and criticized India, calling it \u201cjust about the highest tariff nation anywhere in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very hard to sell into India because they have trade barriers, very strong tariffs,\u201d said Trump, who has made the global trade deficit of $98.4 billion that the US faces a key issue in his trade policies.<\/p>\n
He threatened to impose reciprocal tariffs, mirroring what India and other countries charge on imports from the US. \u201cWe are, right now, a reciprocal nation,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna have whatever India charges (on imports from the US), we\u2019re charging them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re just going to do it the easy way\u2014we\u2019re just going to say whatever you charge, we charge. And I think that\u2019s fair for the people of the United States, and I think it\u2019s actually fair for India,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
When he unveiled the reciprocal tariff plan earlier on Thursday, Trump did not set specific new tariffs but issued a memorandum directing his nominees, Howard Lutnick for commerce secretary and Jamieson for international trade representative, to develop a tariff plan for each country within 180 days.<\/p>\n
Speaking after signing the memorandum, Trump reiterated his concerns about India\u2019s tariffs on Harley Davidson motorcycles. \u201cHarley Davidson couldn\u2019t sell their motorbikes in India because the tax was so high, the tariff was so high,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they built a factory in India in order to avoid paying the tariffs,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what people can do with us. \u2026 If you build here, you have no tariffs whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, the White House factsheet on reciprocal tariffs contained incorrect information about India\u2019s tariffs on Harley Davidson motorcycles. It stated that India \u201ccharges a 100 percent tariff on US motorcycles, while we only charge a 2.4 percent tariff on Indian motorcycles.\u201d In reality, India had already reduced tariffs on heavier Harley Davidson models to 50 percent and, in this month\u2019s budget, further reduced them to 30 percent, with a 40 percent tariff for other models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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