Referring to India’s trade policies, Trump remarked, “India is one of the highest tariffing nations in the world.… it’s brutal, it’s brutal."

US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) expressed optimism about the ongoing India-US tariff talks and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, referring to him as a "very smart man" and a "great friend.

India is one of the few nations working to lower tariffs and win over U.S. President Donald Trump, who has called the South Asian nation a "tariff king" and "tariff abuser" and has vowed to reciprocate.