'India Has Charged...': What Donald Trump Said Hours Before Announcing 25% Tariffs On 'Friend' India

2025-07-30 09:01:04

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Trump tariffs: United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday, 30 July 2025, imposed a 25% tariff rate on all imports from his 'friend' nation, India, effective 1 August 2025, citing the Asian nation's high tariff rates.

“Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the World, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any Country,” said Trump in his Truth Social post.

Hours before imposing the 25% tariffs on India, on top of the pre-existing 10% baseline import duty on all US imports, Donald Trump said that even though India is a good friend to the US, the nation has charged“more tariffs” than nearly any other nation.

“Yeah, I think so. India is my friend. They ended the war with Pakistan at my request...The deal with India is not finalised. India has been a good friend, but India has charged basically more tariffs than almost any other country...” President Trump told the reporters on board Air Force One, according to a video shared by the news agency ANI.

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