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India disputes Trump claim it is ready to charge US 'no tariffs'

created: May 15, 2025, 12:02 p.m. | updated: May 16, 2025, 5:07 p.m.

US President Donald Trump's claim that India has offered to drop all tariffs on goods imported from his country has been swiftly disputed by Delhi. Watch: India willing to 'literally charge us no tariff': Donald TrumpJaishankar said on Thursday that any trade deal has to be mutually beneficial and work for both countries. "That would be our expectation from the trade deal. "They [India] have offered us a deal where basically they have agreed to charge us literally no tariffs. Delhi is rushing to negotiate a trade deal during Trump's 90-day pause on higher tariffs, which ends on 9 July.

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