In a worst blow, Donald Trump set to take strongest punitive action against India
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NEW DELHI - US President Donald Trump is all set to give a worst blow to PM Modi led government in India.
India could lose a vital U.S. trade concession, under which it enjoys zero tariffs on $5.6 billion of exports to the United States, amid a widening dispute over its trade and investment policies, people with close knowledge of the matter said.
A move to withdraw the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) from India, the world's largest beneficiary of a scheme that has been in force since the 1970s, would be the strongest punitive action since President Donald Trump took office in 2017 vowing to reduce the U.S. deficit with large economies.
Trump has repeatedly called out India for its high tariffs.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has courted foreign investment as part of his Make-in-India campaign to turn India into a manufacturing hub and deliver jobs to the millions of youth entering the workforce.
Trump, for his part,has pushed for U.S. manufacturing to return home as part of his Make America Great Again campaign.
