NEW DELHI: India says it has not committed to slashing import duties on US products, days after President Donald Trump announced that New Delhi had agreed to “cut their tariffs way down”.
Only weeks into his second term, Trump has upended global trade, targeting friends and foes alike.
He has also blamed all trading partners of “unfair” practices, and has announced reciprocal tariffs on many countries, including India, to begin from next month.
Trump once again railed at India’s “massive tariffs” last week.
“You can’t sell anything into India, it is almost restrictive,” Trump said.
“They have agreed, by the way, they want to cut their tariffs way down now because somebody is finally exposing them for what they have done,” he added.
But the Indian government told a parliamentary panel that “no commitments had been made to the US on the issue,” a report in The Times of India newspaper said on Tuesday (Mar 11).
The government “has sought time until September to address the issue that is being repeatedly flagged by the American president”, it added.
