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India Follows Vietnam in Imposing Steel Tariffs on China
Breitbart ^ | 22 Apr 2025 | Frances Martel

Posted on 04/22/2025 10:09:51 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

The Finance Ministry of India announced on Monday that it would be imposing a 12 percent tariff on some steel products — a move apparently intended to prevent China from “dumping” large amounts of steel into the Indian market and elbowing domestic companies out of business.

Indian officials had floated the potential of a 12 percent “safeguard duty” in late March in anticipation of news that the United States could impose tariffs that would lead China to see alternative markets to America for products that Americans would no longer want to buy at higher prices. President Donald Trump announced a wave of reciprocal tariffs on nearly every country that does business with America on April 2, including India, but has since suspended all but the tariffs on China, which he has increased. Trump has increased tariffs on Chinese goods to 145 percent and threatened to raise them to as high as 245 percent.

The Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which has dedicated much of its economic policy to usurping China’s position as the world’s largest manufacturing state, has embraced President Trump’s policies even as it faces a potential 34 percent tariff if New Delhi does not broker a deal with Washington following the end of a 90-day pause period. Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal called the tariffs the “opportunity of a lifetime” for India, noting that other countries faced much steeper tariff rates and are in less favorable positions to negotiate.

India announced the new tariffs on Chinese steel on Monday during a visit by Vice President JD Vance and his family to the country. Vance announced in a subsequent speech on Tuesday that America and India had agreed to the terms of negotiations for a new trade deal, the first major step in restructuring the bilateral

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KEYWORDS: tariffs; trump

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1 posted on 04/22/2025 10:09:51 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

Good for India!


2 posted on 04/22/2025 10:13:05 AM PDT by Bobbyvotes (I am in mid-80's and I am not gonna change my opinions.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Go Vance go!!


3 posted on 04/22/2025 10:26:11 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: SoConPubbie

China says they will retaliate. Hope Vietnam and India can hold.


4 posted on 04/22/2025 10:47:30 AM PDT by Cats1
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To: SoConPubbie

Winning


5 posted on 04/22/2025 10:51:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Chinese Communists to Vietnamese: “And after all the aid we gave you to fight the US and capture POWs? Ungrateful schmucks.”


6 posted on 04/22/2025 11:33:31 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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