Donald Trump doubles down on Reciprocal Tax for India if he is US President again

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Former U.S. president Donald Trump, who is seeking his term, has once again raised the issue of high tax by India on certain American products, in particular the iconic Harley-Davidson motorcycles, and has threatened to slap reciprocal tax if voted to power in the 2024 presidential elections.

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00:00 Former US President Donald Trump, who is seeking his term, has once again raised the issue

00:08 of high tax by India on certain American products, in particular the iconic Harley Davidson motorcycles,

00:16 and has threatened to slap reciprocal tax if voted to power in the 2024 presidential

00:22 elections.

00:23 During his first term as the US President, Trump described India as a "tariff king"

00:30 and in May 2019 terminated India's preferential market access, generalized system of preferences

00:36 to the United States alleging India has not given the US equitable and reasonable access

00:42 to its markets.

00:44 In an interview with Fox Business News, Trump argued that the tax rates in India were quite

00:49 high and criticized it, talking about what he would do if he came to power, Trump said,

00:55 "The other thing I want to have is a matching tax, where if India charges us, India is very

01:01 big with tariffs.

01:03 I mean, I saw it with Harley Davidson.

01:06 I was saying, 'How do you do in a place like India?'

01:09 'Oh, no good, sir.

01:10 Why?'

01:11 They have 100% and 150% and 200% tariffs."

01:16 He noted that Indian motorbikes can be sold in the US without any taxes or tariffs, while

01:21 Harley Davidson motorcycles face high tariffs when exported to India.

01:25 The former US President also criticized Brazil for its high tariffs.

01:29 He mentioned a senator from Pennsylvania who opposed the idea of imposing tariffs on India

01:34 in response to its high tariffs on US products.

01:37 The former president questioned why the US could not charge any tariffs on Indian products

01:41 if they were charging the US such high rates.

01:44 "If India is charging us too, what I want to have is a, call it, retribution.

01:49 You could call it whatever you want.

01:50 If they are charging us, we charge them," Mr. Trump said in response to a question.

01:56 Trump is the leading candidate in the Republican presidential primaries despite facing multiple

02:01 court cases and indictments.

02:03 According to major national polls, he has garnered over half of the GOP votes.

02:07 Meanwhile, Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will skip this week's first Republican

02:12 presidential debate, arguing that Americans know him well and so there is no need for

02:18 a public showdown with his rivals for the White House.

02:21 In a message on his platform Truth Social, Trump touted what he called a "hugely successful

02:26 record" as president and what he described as his popularity among the American people.

02:31 "I will, therefore, not be doing the debates," he said.

02:35 The first debate in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination is scheduled

02:40 for Wednesday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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