US President Donald Trump said today (1.9.2025) that India offered to reset their duties her American products, while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Monti publicly expressed his solidarity with Chinese and Russian leadership for commercial pressure from Washington.
Although he described the US’s relationship with India “one -sided”, Donald Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform: “Now they are offered (the Indians) to reduce their duties to zero, but it’s too late. They should have done it years ago. “
“What few understand is that we do very few transactions with India, but they do huge transactions with us. In other words, we are selling huge quantities of goods, they are their biggest “customer”, but we have been selling them very little – so far a completely one -sided relationship, and this has been the case for many decades. The reason is that India has imposed us, so far, such high tariff charges, the highest of any other country that our businesses cannot sell in India. It was a completely one -sided disaster! India also buys most of its oil and military products from Russia, and very few from the US. Now offered to reduce their duties to zero, but it’s too late. They should have done it years ago. Just a few simple facts for people to think !!! “
The Indian Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to Trump’s comments, which took place after duties totaling up to 50% on Indian products, which raises questions about the future of the US -India relationship.
This relationship had been reinforced in recent years, even during Trump’s first term, as both countries were worried about China’s growing power, but Trump threatened India after refusing to stop buying Russian oil, defying his efforts to end.
Monty and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on Sunday (31.8.2025) that their countries are development partners, not opponents, and discussed ways to improve trade. The US Foreign Ministry and the White House did not immediately respond to requests to comment on meetings in China.