The United States has again called out Indian action by imposing high tariff on US products, particularly on alcohol and agricultural products. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt brought up the issue during a press briefing Tuesday when asked about Canada’s trade policies. She criticized several countries, including India, for imposing steep tariffs on US exports, as some are unfair to US businesses and workers.
Specifically, Leavitt mentioned India’s 150 percent tariff on American alcohol as well — high duties, he said, acting as a prohibitive barrier to things like Kentucky bourbon, keeping American products out of the Indian market. She also spoke about trade restrictions, saying that India also imposes a 100 percent tariff on US agricultural products.
Leavitt also compared India’s tariffs with those other nations have in place. She also said that Canada charges almost 300 percent of American cheese and butter tariffs, and Japan hits American rice imports with a crushing 700 percent tariff. She argued these high tariff rates hurt American farmers and manufacturers in an effort to enter the international market.
On key exports such as whiskey, wine, and agricultural goods, India has been pushed to the wall by the United States on several occasions and kept on urging them to lower their tariffs. Conversations between the two nations on reducing these barriers have often been a talking point during trade negotiations, although progress has been slow.
However, when trade tensions grow between Washington and India, the pressure on it to cut tariffs might increase. It marks further friction between the two countries on the economic front, and whether it will yield any concrete policy change is still questionable.
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