India, Oct. 17 -- Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said that US President Donald Trump "misplaced his hand" with India by imposing tariffs.

"I am a supporter of President Trump, but I think he misplayed his hand with India recently when he imposed those punitive tariffs, particularly given there are other countries that are cheating here, especially China, that didn't get the same kind of treatment," the former Australian PM said while addressing the NDTV World Summit.

He also said that he thinks that the move would be a "temporary setback" for New Delhi and hoped that it could be "remedied very quickly" by Washington.

"I think this (tariffs) is a serious setback. But given the fundamental community of interest and valu...