New Delhi, April 25 -- US President Donald Trump has said that it will be a "total victory" for America if it still has 50 per cent tariffs on foreign imports a year on.

Trump made the comment while speaking with Time Magazine during an interview.

"If we still have high tariffs, whether it's 20% or 30% or 50%, on foreign imports a year from now, will you consider that a victory," the interviewer asked Trump.

"Total victory," the US President replied.

Donald Trump on April 2 imposed a series of tariffs on nations across the world including a 10 per cent tariff on virtually everything coming into the United States. The tariff on India has been set as 26 per cent, while China has taken the biggest hit with 145 per cent levies.

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