New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- Bharatiya Janata Party MP Damodar Agarwal on Friday backed the Union Commerce Minister's statement in Parliament after US President Donald Trump announced 25 per cent tariffs on India.

Speaking with ANI, Agarwal said, "The Commerce Minister presented the government's stand in the House yesterday. The government will examine it and, after talking to industrialists, consumers, and entrepreneurs, will present its stand in the national interest..."

Union Minister Piyush Goyal made a statement in the lower House of Parliament a day after Trump announced the tariff. He later made similar statement in the Rajya Sabha. Goyal's remarks came a day after the government issued a statement on the US decision to impose tariffs. ...