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Ahead of meeting PM Modi at G20 Summit, Donald Trump cries foul over tariffs


Manglore Today News Network

New Delhi, Jun 27, 2019 : This is not the first time that Trump has accused India of high tariffs, a charge that has been denied by New Delhi. In the past, Trump administration has pushed for the removal of tariffs on American products with US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross in May terming the rates as ’unjustified’. "US businesses face significant market-access barriers in India. These include both tariff and non-tariff barriers, as well as multiple practises and regulations that disadvantage foreign companies," he had said at the US-government backed business event ’Indo Pacific Trade Winds’ in New Delhi, Zee reported.

 

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India’s average applied tariff rate is 13% with tariff on auto at 60%, bikes at 50% and Alcohol at 100%.

Bilateral trade last year between India and the US stood at $142 billion, up $16 billion from 2017. US exports of goods to India increased by 7.4 billion to 33% but imports increased by 12% to 54 billion, representing trade deficit of $ 21 billon for US. It is this that has perhaps worried the Trump administration, say, experts.

The timing of Trump’s latest attack, however, is rather unexpected because while he is scheduled to meet PM Modi in Osaka, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is already in New Delhi where he had reaffirmed the close ties between the two countries.


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