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President Donald Trump criticized India's historical tariff policies, arguing that American businesses faced significant trade barriers while Indian exports benefited from access to the U.S. market.
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00:00India for years has, and I don't blame them, I blame us because we had stupid people here.
00:06India for years really took advantage of the United States. You know that. Are you from India
00:10by any chance? Huh? I thought you were from Germany. I'm only kidding. You're central casting,
00:18okay? And that's a very good thing. India for years took advantage of this country.
00:23They charged us tremendous tariffs and they paid nothing. They wouldn't let hardly,
00:29as an example in the past, they wouldn't let Harley-Davidson sell its motor. They would charge
00:35200% tariff. So Harley-Davidson was precluded. They ended up going to India and building their own
00:42plants, which is unfortunate that that happened, but that happens. It was before me. But they
00:49charged tremendous amounts of tariffs to come, and we didn't charge them anything. You know,
00:54they sell, sold motorbikes here too. You know, we charged them nothing. And now it's the exact
01:00reverse. And we're making a lot of money with India, but we'll get to a deal because I like,
01:07you know, I like your prime minister a lot. He's a good friend of mine. Get along great.
01:11And we're going to make a deal.
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