New Delhi, April 9 -- India and several other countries plan to lower tariffs on the United States after Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on April 2, US trade representative Jamieson Greer claimed.

While speaking at the Senate Finance Committee, Greer defended the national emergency on trade and mentioned that India's average tariff is nearly 39 per cent whereas the tariff on agriculture goods by the United States stood at 5 per cent.

"Our average tariff on agricultural goods is 5 per cent, but India's average tariff is 39 per cent. You understand the trend here. Our trade deficit, driven by these non-reciprocal conditions, is a manifestation of the loss of the nation's ability to manufacture, to grow, and to build. The Preside...