Washington, July 31 -- Reiterating his anti-BRICS stance, US President Donald Trump has claimed that the multi-national bloc is a threatening to replace the USD as the world's reserve currency, while discussing his 25% tariff rate on India - which he said is because New Delhi is part of the bloc.
"They have BRICS, which is basically a group of countries that are anti the United States, and India is a member of that, if you can believe it," he told reporters at the White House when discussing the tariffs that he wants to impose on India, reports Russian state media TASS.
Trump justified his imposition of tariffs on India starting August 1 due to the strong trade deficit between New Delhi and Washington, arguing that it was damaging the...