Sri Lanka, April 3 -- Leader of the 'Sarvajana Balaya' alliance Parliamentarian Dilith Jayaweera has issued a stern warning to the incumbent government on the backdrop of US President Donald Trump imposing a set of reciprocal tariffs on a several countries including on Sri Lanka.

MP Dilith Jayaweera noted that Sri Lanka's failure to anticipate US President Trump's 44% reciprocal tax is a 'self-inflicted' wound. Issuing a statement on 'X' (formerly Twitter), the parliamentarian stressed that 'short-sighted' politics is steering Sri Lanka back towards bankruptcy.

He added, "With the U.S. buying 23% of our exports ($2.9B in 2024), key industries-apparel ($1.92B), rubber ($330M) (for which U.S. is our largest individual buyer), tea, seafood...