New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that the logic behind tariffs levied by the Donald Trump administration on goods from India doesn't particularly insinuate that something was wrong between the two nations.

In an interview with ANI, Tharoor acknowledged the mounting tensions with the US post-tariff imposition, but explained that it had "nothing to do with India" since Trump's focus remains to push for manufacturing in his country, instead of only relying on imports.

Tharoor asserted that Trump intended to engage with his political base, where American manufacturers employ American workers to accelerate the manufacturing process. In other words, he said, the US president intends to make imported items more...