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US President Donald Trump said America gets along with India very well but the relationship was "one-sided" for many years since New Delhi was charging Washington “tremendous tariffs”. “No, we get along with India very well,” Trump said in the White House on Tuesday in response to a question on whether he is considering taking away some of the tariffs imposed on India.

He said that for many years, the relationship between India and US was it was “one-sided” and that changed when he assumed office. “India was charging us tremendous tariffs, about the highest in the world,” Trump said adding that the US was therefore not doing much business with India.

We weren't charging them: Trump on India's tariff on US

“But they were doing business with us because we weren't charging them, foolishly, we weren't charging them,” he said, adding that India was pouring its products into the US. “They'd send it in, pour it into our country. Therefore, it wouldn't be made here, which is a negative, but we would not send in anything because they were charging us 100% tariffs,” Trump said.

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The US President cited the example of the Harley Davidson motorcycles, saying the company couldn't sell into India because there was a 200 per cent tariff on a motorcycle. "So what happens? Harley Davidson went to India and built a motorcycle plant, and now they don't have to pay tariffs, same thing as us.”

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In an interview on The Scott Jennings Radio Show, Trump was also asked if he was concerned "about an axis forming against the United States with China and Russia." "I am not concerned at all ... We have the strongest military in the world, by far. They would never use their military on us. Believe me," he said. Trump said he was "very disappointed" in Russian President Vladimir Putin and added without elaborating that his administration was planning to take some actions to bring down deaths in Russia's war in Ukraine. 

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Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday for talks in China, calling him his "old friend." Xi also held talks on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose country has been targeted by Trump over its purchases of Russian oil.

(With inputs from agency)