America canceled exemption in ban on Chabahar Port
By making an excuse to buy crude oil from Russia, the US first imposed an additional 25 percent tariff on India, which reached 50 percent of the total tariff. After this, the US started talks with India regarding the trade agreement. Meanwhile, by calling on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, US President Donald Trump congratulated and spoke about his friendship. It seemed that Trump has softened his stand on India.
The very next day, the US announced the cancellation of exemption given in the ban on Chabahar port of Iran, which is a shock for India. In such a situation, the first tariff and now the issue of Chabahar and the pretense of befriending PM Modi in between. After all, why are Trump doing this? Let’s try to know.
Modi-Trump’s friendship became an example
Actually, Donald Trump is well aware of the importance of Indians in India and America on the world stage. That is why during his election, he befriended Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and used him in his election campaign. In September 2019, a sample of friendship between Modi and Trump was shown in Houston, when the Houdi Modi program was held and the two leaders addressed about 50,000 citizens of Indian origin.
This was the program in which Prime Minister Modi also gave the slogan of Trump Sarkar in America this time. In the year 2020, the Namaste Trump program was also organized in Prime Minister Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Trump also attended this program in Ahmedabad. Apart from this, Trump has been claiming friendship with the Indian Prime Minister on all occasions.
So Trump set foot on two boats
Despite all this, Donald Trump is sitting on all the expectations from India in the interest of his country. Even if India is harmed by their expectations. Then he also has to show the people of his country that they are taking all possible steps in the interest of the American public. On the other hand, Trump also realizes the role of India in the US and the importance of big markets like India on the world stage.
That is why he fills the friendship of friendship with India on the one hand and is playing tariff-tariff on the other side. He knows that with such tariffs, he will have to pull the steps behind, otherwise India will go to the court of other countries. That is why Donald Trump calls India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi a friend but also criticizes India’s policies.
So tease India
Actually, Donald Trump has said many times that India imposes tax on America’s goods but wants to send tax free goods itself to America. An election rally in July 2024 also said that the company could not sell its bikes in India due to India imposing 200 percent tax on Harley Davidson. Apart from this, Trump wants India’s defense partnership with the US to increase. However, in the midst of all this, he keeps attacking India regarding immigration and business relations. Then the US first policy also forces Trump to limit the scope of personal friendship.
This is the same policy under which Trump can impose tariffs in America’s pharma, IT and textile goods in America. In such a situation, businessman Trump is irritated by India that he keeps getting rich by putting more tax on American goods. That is why he has been saying that the more tax that India is on American goods, the more America will impose on the goods of India. Actually, America’s largest trade partner is America. This is the only country among the big business partners of India, which does not cause India to lose in business. In America, India sells more goods and buys less than it. This also makes Trump’s talk. Talking about 2022, the bilateral total trade of America and India was $ 191.8 billion. Out of this, India exported $ 118 billion to America. At the same time, imports from America were around $ 73 billion. That is, in the year 2022, India sold more goods in America.
India benefits Trump more than America
In view of the benefits of India from America, Trump chants the raga of tariff. At present, India is more than the benefit of friendship with America. In such a situation, it is evident that this will prick Trump. That is why more American goods want to create trump pressure to sell in India, so that the American tariff is reduced, India should also reduce the tariff on American goods. Anyway, globally friendship rests on the interests of two countries.
As long as two countries keep fulfilling each other’s interests, friendship remains. When there is a conflict of interests among themselves, the limit of this friendship starts appearing. To decide this extent, the US President first increased the tariff on India to 50 percent. Then by starting a business talks, by pressing India, he tried to achieve something right in the interest of America, and once again, on the pretext of Chabahar, he is pressurizing that if India does not take care of the interests of America, then it will continue to lay obstacles in its path.
Therefore Chabahar port is important for India
Now Trump has made a big pressure by announcing the cancellation of discounts on Chabahar port. India signed a 10 -year agreement with Iran in the year 2024 for the management of this port. This port is an important gateway to India as well as Iran, Afghanistan and the trade of Middle East countries. Now India is making this port a part of the International North-South Transport Corridor, which is a project connecting Russia and Europe to the Middle East.
Then this port also becomes important for India, because it is close to Gwadar Port in Pakistan. That is why in the year 2018, America has withdrawn the exemption regarding this port. In the year 2018, it was said that Afghanistan is being given this exemption for supply of non -restricted goods and import of petroleum products, so that it can develop. From this port, India sent 20,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan in the year 2023. In the year 2021, pesticides were also sent to Iran for this.