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Washington: In a sharp escalation of trade tensions, US President Donald Trump has accused India of \u201cdumping\u201d rice into the United States, signalling potential fresh tariffs against Indian exports.<\/p>\nWashington: In a sharp escalation of trade tensions, US President Donald Trump has accused India of \u201cdumping\u201d rice into the United States, signalling potential fresh tariffs against Indian exports.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at a White House roundtable with farmers and cabinet officials, Trump claimed that Indian rice imports were harming American farmers and said the problem could be solved \u201cin one day\u201d through tariffs.<\/p>\n
According to reports, Trump\u2019s remarks followed concerns raised by American rice producers, who said India, along with Thailand and China, were supplying rice at low prices, undercutting domestic production. Trump, who has already imposed a 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods\u2014including a 25 per cent levy on Delhi\u2019s purchases of Russian oil\u2014insisted that stricter measures would protect US farmers and prevent them from going out of business.<\/p>\n
Observers note that India, the world\u2019s largest rice producer with 150 million tonnes and a 28 per cent global share, exported only 2.34 lakh tonnes to the US in 2024, less than 5 per cent of its total global basmati rice exports. Indian Rice Exporters Federation President Prem Garg described the US tariffs as a temporary hurdle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Washington: In a sharp escalation of trade tensions, US President Donald Trump has accused India of \u201cdumping\u201d rice into the United States, signalling potential fresh tariffs against Indian exports. According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at a White House roundtable with farmers and cabinet officials, Trump claimed that Indian rice imports were harming American farmers …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":189824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-world"],"yoast_head":"\n