Commerce and Trade Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday mentioned that although subsequent US president Donald Trump has referred to as India a “tariff king”, he highlighted that along with this, he has talked about PM Narendra Modi is a superb chief. Talking on the Enterprise Right this moment MPW session in Mumbai, Goyal, mentioning concerning the excessive tariffs and commerce between India and the US, mentioned India does not thoughts slashing tariffs for merchandise there isn’t any competitors.
“Merchandise the place there isn’t any competitors. We do not manufacture heavy bikes like Harley-Davidson bikes. We cannot have any drawback in taking a request on this regard,” Goyal mentioned on Friday.
“We aren’t nervous about tariffs. If it is a tariff hike on China, it solely helps India. If it is a tariff hike on all people, we’re all in the identical boat. We are going to nonetheless proceed to do nicely. However I personally consider India is regarded upon as a trusted companion by the democratic world,” Goyal mentioned.
Throughout his first time period as president, Donald Trump referred to India as a “tariff king”. In an interview final August, Trump expressed his disapproval of India’s excessive tax charges.
In 2019, India imposed retaliatory tariffs on a number of US merchandise in response to Washington’s choice to not exempt Delhi from elevated taxes on metal and aluminum imports. Trump, throughout his presidency, revoked India’s preferential commerce therapy as a result of tariff disagreement. He additionally threatened sanctions if India proceeded with buying oil from Iran or buying Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missiles.
Trump highlighted the problem of excessive tariffs on Harley-Davidson bikes throughout his presidency, utilizing it as a primary instance of the commerce imbalance between the US and India.
US-India commerce ties
In a September report launched by market analysis agency Nomura, the potential impacts of a second time period for US President Donald Trump on the U.S. economic system, geopolitics, monetary markets, and the worldwide panorama – notably in Asia – had been assessed. Apparently, regardless of Trump’s agency stance on commerce and the greenback, the report recommended that his presidency might show advantageous for India.
The report identified two important areas of concern concerning commerce relations between India and the U.S. beneath a Trump 2.0 administration. Firstly, India’s commerce surplus with the U.S. might come beneath scrutiny. Secondly, the Trump authorities may take punitive actions in opposition to nations believed to be artificially devaluing their currencies.
Regardless of these attainable challenges, the report highlighted that any short-term disruptions are anticipated to be offset by America’s “China Plus One” technique, which seeks to relocate provide chains from China to extra favorable locations like India. This shift in coverage is predicted to achieve traction all through Trump’s tenure.
