‘US politicians don’t care at all about India’: Famed economist Jeffrey Sachs on Trump tariffs, Russia-Ukraine war, more

“US politicians don’t care at all about India. Please understand this. India is not going to reap long-term security by siding with the United States in the quad against China. India is a great power that has an independent standing in the world. Everything that Trump is doing on tariffs is unconstitutional,” said Sachs during the interview.

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When asked about the 50 per cent tariffs that Donald Trump has slapped on India, Professor Sachs warned India not to “count on” on a “great trade relationship.”

“When I was in India in the spring, I said, don’t count on some great trade relationship. What India has hoped for, I believe, is that it would be a good partner of the United States because it would be a way for the US to, I’ll put it charitably, reduce its dependence on China and increase supply chains with India. I tried to explain, don’t count on that,” said Sachs.

Trump, via a fiery Truth Social recently, imposed an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods, citing India’s high trade barriers, raising the total duty on Indian exports to 50 per cent.

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