Trump brings tariff war to India, drops its developing nation status


WASHINGTON (Bloomberg): President Donald Trump opened another potential front in his trade war on Friday, terminating india’s designation as a developing nation and thereby eliminating an exception that allowed the country to export nearly 2,000 products to the US duty-free.

"I have determined that India has not assured the United States that India will provide equitable and reasonable access to its markets,” Trump said in a proclamation.

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