While describing India as a “friend,” the president raged against the country’s high tariffs on the US, including its “obnoxious” non-monetary trade barriers.

Donald Trump has said he will hit “friend” India with 25 per cent tariffs “plus a penalty” from 1 August in part due to its ties with Russia. Trump’s deadline for US trade partners to ink agreements ends on 1 August, but New Delhi is yet to finalise a deal.