The US has accused India of charging over 100 per cent tariffs on a large number of products while the US imposes nothing on the similar or same items. As a result of such trades, the US has lost for many years now – $800 billion a year on trade. Early this year, President Trump had supported the Indian decision to reduce the import tariff on high-end Harley-Davidson motorcycles from 100 per cent to 50 per cent. The Trump administration is fixing broken trade deals to protect the American workers.
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