US Commerce Secretary New Threat, Says 'India Could Lose American Market If...'

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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has warned that India could lose access to the United States market if it refuses to purchase US-grown corn. The Commerce Secretary's latest comments have come on a day when top Washington negotiator is visiting India and will be engaging in high-stakes trade talks.Howard Lutnick also warned of tough times for India if it does not lower tariffs on US imports to the country, saying the trade between the two nations is just one-way traffic.Lutnick said that India exports its products to the United States while restricting American imports into its own market.

Speaking during an interview with Axios, Lutnick said, "They sell to us and take advantage of us. They block us from their economy, and they sell to us while we are wide open for them to come in, take advantage."Adding to his argument, Lutnick further said, "India brags that they have 1.4 billion people. Why won’t 1.4 billion people buy one bushel of US corn? Doesn’t that rub you the wrong way—that they sell everything to us, and they won’t buy our corn? They put tariffs on everything."

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Though the US Commerce Secretary claims trade between India and the US is one-way traffic, what America deliberately avoids mentioning every time it hits India is that it has a surplus in services.If India has a trade surplus in goods and items, the US has a surplus in services, which kind of balances the deal. But the United States only argues about what suits them.

Donald Trump's Trade Advisor Peter Navarro Attacks India Again

Not just the Commerce Secretary, but Donald Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro, who has been held responsible for creating a rift between India and the US by Trump’s former NSA John Bolton, once again attacked India, though this time, there was a change in his tone.

Peter Navarro said that India is coming to the table, while mentioning PM Modi's post on X and Donald Trump's response to it, calming the ties between the two nations.India at this moment is facing 50 per cent tariffs, including 25 per cent reciprocal and 25 per cent as a penalty for purchasing Russian oil.