Why Trump Admin Can't Be ‘Too Harsh’ on China? Political Thinker Rick Sanchez Explains Amid High Tariffs on India
The Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs on Indian goods due to trade imbalances and India's Russian oil imports, enabling Pakistan to increase exports to the US by over $700 million in 2024-25.
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India Was the Economic Alternative to China
“President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs landed like a declaration of economic war on India, undercutting enormous investments made by American companies to hedge their dependency on China,” the New York Times reports. “India’s hard work to present itself to the world as the best alternative to Chinese factories — what business executives and big money financiers have embraced as part of the China Plus One strategy — has been left in tatters.” “Now…
Trump’s 50% tariffs on India: Pakistan’s big break
During the Biden administration, India rose from the status of an ordinary bilateral trade partner to the position of a “strategic partner” and “most favored nation” in the eyes of Washington. Biden’s White House envisioned India as a counterweight to China’s growing influence in Asia and beyond, pumping extraordinary political, economic, and strategic support into New Delhi. India was projected globally as the next manufacturing hub, replacing …
Why Trump admin can't be ‘too harsh’ on China? Political thinker Rick Sanchez explains amid high tariffs on India
American journalist Rick Sanchez highlights the US's dependence on China for goods and loans, making it unwise for the Trump administration to impose harsh trade tariffs. He describes the situation as a cyclical relationship that could lead to mutual harm.
India’s pushback to Trump ‘cataclysmic, transformational moment’: US analyst slams tariff move
American journalist Rick Sanchez has strongly criticised Washington’s decision to impose tariffs on India over Russian oil imports, describing it as a “disrespectful and ignorant policy.” He said the US was treating India “like schoolchildren,” even though New Delhi had asserted itself as “the big boy, not a schoolchild.”


India Was the Economic Alternative to China. Trump Ended That.
NEW DELHI -- President Donald Trump's 50% tariffs landed like a declaration of economic war on India, undercutting enormous investments made by American companies to hedge their dependency on China.
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