India's tariffs unacceptable: Donald Trump lashes out ahead of meeting PM Modi at G20 Summit.

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Donald Trump has slammed the Indian administration for the tariffs it imposed on US products. Trump and PM Modi will be meeting at the G20 Summit.


▼  Ahead of meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit, US President Donald Trump has hit out at the Modi government and said that India's tariffs on US products is "unacceptable" and they must be withdrawn.
Significant tension has grown between India and the US after Trump announced end of preferential trade with India and the Modi government hit back with retaliatory tariffs on 28 US products earlier this month.
The Modi government's decision to impose tariffs on US products came into force earlier this month after being stalled for several months. The action was prompted by the Trump administration's decision to withdraw preferential access given to Indian products.
I look forward to speaking with Prime Minister Modi about the fact that India, for years having put very high Tariffs against the United States, just recently increased the Tariffs even further. This is unacceptable and the Tariffs must be withdrawn!Donald J. Trump (realDonaldTrump) June 27,  2019
On Thursday morning, as Trump reached Japan for the G20 Summit, where he will be meeting PM Modi, the US President tweeted: "I look forward to speaking with Prime Minister Modi about the fact that India, for years having put very high Tariffs against the United States, just recently increased the Tariffs even further. This is unacceptable and the Tariffs must be withdrawn!"
US had significantly hiked custom duty on steel and aluminum products.
Trump's remarks could further worsen a trade row that has led to tit-for-tat tariffs from India and the United States and created an unease over the depth of their security alliance.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was in New Delhi on Wednesday, sought to reduce heightened trade tension with India, promising a renewed focus on negotiating better ties, but giving few specifics of how they would overcome disputes over trade and investment.
Mike Pompeo also spoke on similar lines as Trump and told External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar that the country needs better trade access.
This comes ahead of Modi's meeting with Donald Trump at the G20 Summit. Apart from the summit deliberations, the two leaders are expected to hold bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Osaka summit on Friday.
President Trump is likely to bring up the contentious issue of tariffs imposed on US products.

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Jbnast

Maybe some time Trump will trip over his ego before he alienates every country in the world.

asr335704

I think this is just a tactic to pressurize India before the summit so that US can get better deals out of India on their demands.

Pascal

hahaha..typical trump