India, April 2 -- Ahead of the highly anticipated rollout of reciprocal tariffs by the United States, President Donald Trump took to social media to declare his vision for "Liberation Day."

"It's Liberation Day in America," wrote Trump on his social media platform, Truth Social.

In his post, Trump dubbed April 2, which marks the introduction of sweeping tariffs by the US, a milestone in his country's fight to "liberate" America's domestic industries from foreign dependency.

Apart from the tariffs to be announced on Wednesday's "Liberation Day", as Trump calls it, 25% tariffs on imports of autos and auto parts are due to take effect on Thursday.

The new tariffs are a bid to boost US manufacturing and "punish" other countries for what h...