Kharge slams Govt over US trade pact

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday questioned the Modi Government’s haste in falling into a ‘trap deal’ with the United States, asking why the Government did not wait for the US Supreme Court’s judgment on tariffs.

“Clueless foreign policy or one-sided surrender? Why did the Modi Government not wait for the US Supreme Court judgment on tariffs before rushing to fall into a trap deal, which extracted huge concessions from India?” Kharge asked in a social media post.

Kharge further said that the joint statement spoke of zero tariffs on several American exports to India, virtually opening up India’s agriculture to American goods. He noted that the deal also included plans to import US $500 billion worth of US goods, a commitment to stop purchasing Russian oil, which Kharge argued would harm India’s energy security, and several tax exemptions related to digital trade.