President Donald Trump criticized the longstanding trade dynamic between India and the United States, while signaling a potential breakthrough in trade negotiations with the South Asian country.
‘Totally One-Sided Relationship’
In a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump slammed what he described as a “totally one-sided relationship” between the United States and India, arguing that “we do very little business with India,” while they conduct a “tremendous” amount of trade with the U.S.
“In other words, they sell us massive amounts of goods, their biggest ‘client,’ but we sell them very little,” he said, attributing this imbalance to India’s historically high tariffs on U.S. exports.
The post also took aim at India purchasing crude oil and defense equipment from Russia, and “very little from the U.S.,” leading him to refer to America’s trade relationship with India …