9Photo© hindustantimes.comIndia charges 100% tariff on agricultural goods, time for reciprocity: White House on eve of April 2 deadline
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According to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, India imposes a 100 per cent tariff on American agricultural goods, making it "virtually impossible" for US products to reach certain foreign markets.
“These countries have been ripping off our nation for far too long,” a news agency PTI report quoted Leavitt as saying, adding that they’ve shown clear disdain for American workers.
"It’s time for reciprocity," Leavitt said. "The President is going to make historic changes, and that will happen on Wednesday."
“ I think a lot of them [countries] will drop their tariffs because you know they have been unfairly tariffing the United States for years,
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“ I believe they are going to probably going to be lowering those tariffs substantially, but on April 2, we will be charging them the same tariffs they charge us,
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