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India's strategy to combat reciprocal tariffs is to engage with the Trump administration, he said.

April 09, 2025 / 18:19 IST
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that India is engaging with the Trump administration in the United States to reach an agreement on tariffs, in his first response as reciprocal tariffs have kicked in today.

While speaking at the Rising Bharat Summit in Delhi, Jaishankar said, "India's strategy to combat reciprocal tariffs is to engage with the Trump administration and discuss terms with the Americans."

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"India has had more discussions with the US administration in the last six weeks than with all of Europe in the last few years," he added.

Jaishakar also said that he doesn't think it's possible at the moment to speak about what will be the impact of tariffs, but claimed that India is possibly the only country after Trump assumed presidency with which the US has an "uderstanding in principle".