India, China no longer ‘developing nations’, won’t let them take WTO ‘advantage’: Trump | World News, The Indian Express

India, China no longer ‘developing nations’, won’t let them take WTO ‘advantage’: Trump | World News, The Indian Express

By Express Web Desk |New Delhi |Updated: August 14, 2019 5:37:00 pm

India, China no longer ‘developing nations’, won’t let them take WTO ‘advantage’: Trump

On Tuesday, addressing a gathering at Pennsylvania, Trump said India and China— the two economic giants from Asia— are no longer developing nations and as such they cannot take the benefit from the WTO.

Trump has always championed his ‘America First’ policy and has been a vocal critic of India for levying “tremendously high” duties on US products and has described the country as a “tariff king”.

Asserting that India and China have “already grown” and it was unfair of them to take advantage of the “developing countries” tag by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), US President Donald Trump said he would not let it happen anymore. He expressed hope that WTO will treat the US “fairly”.