India, Sept. 6 -- President Donald Trump's advisor and tariff advocate Peter Navarro reposted a call for tariffs on outsourcing on social media platform X, spotlighting the idea.

The post, originally made on September 1 by right-wing activist and former US Navy intelligence officer Jack Posobiec, argued that foreign remote workers and outsourcing should be subject to tariffs: "Countries must pay for the privilege of providing services remotely to the US the same way as goods. Apply across industries, leveled as necessary per country," he wrote.

This comes amid Trump's sweeping tariff measures, with India and Brazil facing some of the steepest rates, as high as 50 percent. Statista analysis showed that the US is a major player in the IT ...