India kills us with tariffs: Trump

India kills the US with tariffs and the country has now offered “no tariffs” to America, President Donald Trump has said, amid New Delhi's escalating tensions with Washington over his administration's policies on trade and tariff. “They have tariffs against us. China, which kills us with tariffs. India kills us with tariffs. Brazil kills us” with tariffs, Trump said in an interview with The Scott Jennings Radio Show on Tuesday. Trump added that he understands tariffs better than other countries."I’ve understood tariffs better than they did; I understood tariffs better than any human beings in the world. India was the most highly tariffed nation in the world, and you know what, they’ve offered me no tariffs in India anymore. No tariffs," he said. “If I didn’t have tariffs, they would never make that offer. So you have to have tariffs,” Trump claimed. He said that the tariff gave the United States "tremendous negotiating power."

India-US ties have been marred by tensions after Trump imposed 25% per cent tariffs on the country and then went on to double it — taking US duties on Indian goods to 50% — over New Delhi's purchase of Russian oil. India has categorically rejected Trump’s demand to halt its Russian crude oil deal, asserting that New Delhi makes decisions based on market dynamics and in the best interests of its people.However, at the same time, Trump’s tariff moves have been challenged domestically. A US appeals court recently ruled his tariffs “illegal,” adding to political pushback within Washington. Former US national security advisor Jake Sullivan accused Trump of undermining relations with India.