India has agreed to cut tariffs ‘way down’, says Trump

United States President Donald Trump said on Friday that India has agreed to “cut their tariffs way down”.

“India charges us massive tariffs, massive…you can’t even sell anything in India,” Trump told reporters at The White House. “It’s almost… it is restrictive. You know, we do very little business inside. They have agreed, by the way. They want to cut their tariffs way down now because somebody’s finally exposing them for what they have done.”

Trump has repeatedly iterated his intention to impose a reciprocal tax on India, citing the high tariffs by New Delhi on foreign goods.

#WATCH | Washington, DC: US President Donald Trump says, "...India charges us massive tariffs. Massive. You can't even sell anything in India...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… pic.twitter.com/XwytKPli48— ANI (@ANI) March 7, 2025

Trump’s comment came hours after the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said that New Delhi was working to lower tariff and non-tariff barriers with Washington, and enhance trade in goods and services through “a mutually beneficial, multi-sector bilateral trade agreement”.

“Our objective through the BTA is to strengthen and deepen India-US two-way trade across the goods and services sector, increase market access, reduce tariff and non-tariff...

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