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Donald Trump says India charging US over 100% tariffs on many products

The US President has repeatedly claimed that India is a "tariff king" and imposes "tremendously high" tariffs on American products.

The cloud of the Russia investigation has hung over US President Donald Trump since before he took office, though he has denied any illicit connection to Moscow (Photo: Reuters)
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India charges America over 100 per cent tariffs on a large number of products while the US imposes nothing on the similar or same items, President Donald Trump has said, urging his administration to work on the “stupid trade”.

His statement came days after he criticised India, saying it is one of the world's “highest taxing nations”.

The US President has repeatedly claimed that India is a “tariff king” and imposes “tremendously high” tariffs on American products.

Addressing the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas on Saturday, Trump said: "We have a case where a certain country,

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