WASHINGTON
\nUS President Donald Trump said on Monday that India has offered to reduce its tariffs on US goods to zero, even as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was making public shows of solidarity with Chinese and Russian leaders in the face of trade pressure from Washington.
\nWhile calling the US relationship with India \u201cone sided,\u201d Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: \u201cThey have now offered to cut their Tariffs to nothing, but it\u2019s getting late. They should have done so years ago.\u201d
\nThe Indian Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to Trump\u2019s comments, which follow the implementation of total duties as high as 50% on Indian goods that have raised questions about the future of the US-India relationship.
\nTrump\u2019s remark came as Modi was in China for a summit of more than 20 leaders of non-Western countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a China-backed initiative given renewed impetus by Trump\u2019s global tariff offensive.
\nAt the summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping pressed his vision for a new global security and economic order that prioritizes the \u201cGlobal South,\u201d in a direct challenge to the US.
\nThe US-India relationship has strengthened in recent years, including during Trump\u2019s first term, given shared concerns about China\u2019s growing power, but Trump threatened the tariffs on India after it refused to stop buying Russian oil in defiance of his efforts to end Moscow\u2019s war in Ukraine.
\nIn China, in an image designed to convey solidarity, Putin and Modi were shown holding hands as they walked jovially toward Xi before the summit opened. The three men stood shoulder-to-shoulder, laughing and surrounded by interpreters.
\nBeijing has used the summit to mend ties with New Delhi. Modi, visiting China for the first time in seven years, and Xi agreed on Sunday their countries are development partners, not rivals, and discussed ways to improve trade.
\nThe US State Department and White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the meetings in China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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