'T in WTO Stands for Trade, Not Trump': Congress Hits Back at PM Modi on Tariffs

'T in WTO Stands for Trade, Not Trump': The Congress, through its spokesperson Jairam Ramesh, fired five questions at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday regarding the 'reciprocal tariffs' that the US President Donald Trump plans to impose, narrating all this under "finding courage" to remind his "good friend that the T in WTO is not for Trump, but for Trade".

According to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, Trump's plan for reciprocal tariffs meant wholly denying all learned tenets in international trade: even as US President Donald Trump announced his plans to establish US tariffs at levels equivalent to the rates that other nations levy against imports, thus igniting a potential broad economic confrontation with friends and foes alike.

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"Reciprocal tariffs are a complete negation of all accepted principles of international trade. Mr. Modi should summon the courage to remind his good friend that the T in WTO stands for Trade not Trump," Ramesh said in an X post.

Soon, according to Trump, the country will impose reciprocal tariffs on countries such as India and China, much like what he reiterated during Modi's recent visit to the capital.

Five questions the Congress party has for PM Narendra Modi on reciprocal tariff plans

The party also asked PM Narendra Modi to 'gather courage' and really emphasis opposing Donald Trump, apart from fire five questions asking him on what plans he has to tackle things if the President of the United States carries through with the action "reciprocal tariffs."

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In an X post, Pawan Khera, head of the Congress party's media and publicity department, sought to know how the union government would now protect the interests of domestic farmers, who constitute 45.76 percent of the workforce, with the increased imports from the US.

He also asked whether the government would now think of changes in policies, particularly legalizing MSP, to provide basic income support to Indian farmers.

“What assurances will the Indian government secure to prevent India from becoming a dumping ground for cheap US agricultural imports?" Khera further asked.

The Congress leader also wanted to know what would be the effect of the reciprocal tariffs on India's GDP.

“How does the government plan to safeguard the MSME sector, whose production will be severely impacted by costly exports and increased competition from foreign products, Khera wrote in his post.

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