India, May 16 -- Can Trump Sour Apple's India Story?

After coming to a 90-day agreement on tariffs for China, US President Donald Trump now seems to have trained his guns on India. Trump is said to have recently told Apple CEO Tim Cook to stop building manufacturing plants in India as it is "one of the highest-tariff nations in the world".

A Calculated Tactic? Trump's remarks are being viewed by some as a calculated negotiation tactic to gain an upper hand in the ongoing India-US trade talks. Adding fuel to the controversy, he also claimed that India had proposed "zero tariffs" on a select range of American products.

Despite external affairs minister S Jaishankar rebuffing the claim later, Trump's statements signal that India might fac...