Finland, America’s special friend and its President Alexander Stub is considered close to Donald Trump. But this American friend is constantly advising the US to change his policy towards India due to 50% high tariffs imposed on India. In the past, where President Alexander had advised Trump, giving a big statement, now Finance Foreign Minister Elina Waltonon has said that Trump will be surprised.
Elina Waltonon has said that Europe is considering to reduce the tariff on India as well as increase bilateral trade with her. Along with this, despite the repeated appeal of America, he also dismissed the possibility of putting any secondary tariff on India on Russian oil and weapons.
‘We grow business with India …’
According to the report, the Foreign Minister of Finland has given this big statement in an interview given on the occasion of the United Nations General Assembly. Waltonon has said, ‘Now we want to increase our business with India. This would mean that instead of imposing new tariffs, we would like to reduce them and would like to advance the FTA dialogue well and quickly. However, we also expressed hope that from the geopolitical perspective, India will also bring itself to the European Union Foreign Policy, in which it is actively involved.
Trump was constantly making tariff pressure
In a report by the financial Times this month, it was said that US President Donald Trump had requested the European Union to impose a tariff of up to 100% on India and China to put pressure on Russia. He asked to do so during a meeting held to discuss ways to increase the economic cost of Ukraine War on Moscow with senior American and European Union officials in Washington.
Foreign Minister said- action on Russia directly
In response to a question asked regarding Trump’s demand, External Affairs Minister Waltonon said that Europe is completely maintained on its ban plan. We have a highly effective ban policy, and these are also our first and most effective way to stop Russia’s illegal war. He further said that we are also considering putting tariffs, but these tariffs will be imposed directly on Russia. Clearing the reason for this, the Foreign Minister said that Unlike America, Europe still imports some goods and services from Russia.
Elina Waltonon further said that a lot of it is restricted. Giving examples, he said that we have been able to reduce our crude oil imports from Russia by 90%, along with it, more needs to be done, but this is our primary way to do work.
He made it clear in response to the question of Europe considering the secondary tariff on India and China that this is European state and of course we are eager to examine new ideas, but at the moment we do not see any need, because we have seen that the current policy of restrictions is quite harsh.
Trump, who has been on President Stub, warns
It is worth noting that the US had imposed a 25% recipe tariff on India first, but then Trump doubled it to 50% by making the purchase of Russian oil a issue. This extra tariff was imposed on India of indirectly providing financial assistance to the war of Russia in Ukraine. Prior to Foreign Minister Waltonon, Finland President Stub had said in a message, especially in a message that if we do not make more ally and respectable foreign policy towards global South like India, then we will lose this game.
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