India, March 6 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday aimed at India for its high tariffs, indicating that trade deal negotiations might not provide concessions to New Delhi on comprehensive levies like reciprocal tariffs, which are scheduled to be effective from 2nd April, 2025. He specifically mentioned the auto industry, where he said India imposes tariffs of more than a 100 per cent.Trump denounced the hefty tariffs levied by India and other nations as "very unfair" and had declared retaliatory tariffs from April 2 on countries imposing tariffs on US products.

Speaking to a Joint Session of the US Congress, Trump said,"India taxes us at 100 percent tariffs; the system is unfair to the US, it never was. Reciprocal tariffs go into eff...