Trump addresses joint session of Congress: Donald Trump’s address to the joint session of Congress on Tuesday marked his first since assuming office for his second term as President.
Trump addresses joint session of Congress: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that the United States will impose reciprocal tariffs on India and other countries from April 2, criticising them for levying high tariffs on American goods. He further said that tariffs are about making America rich again and great again.
Addressing a joint session of the US Congress, President Trump said that any tariffs imposed on the US by other countries would be reciprocated by America with equal measures. “Other countries have used tariffs against us for decades, and now it is our turn to start using them against those countries. On average, the European Union, China, Brazil, India and countless other nations charge us significantly higher tariffs than we charge them, which is very unfair. India charges us tariffs of 100 per cent, the system has never been fair to the US,” said Trump.
“On April 2, reciprocal tariffs will come into effect, and whatever tariffs other countries impose on us, we will impose the same on them. If they use non-monetary tariffs to keep us out of their market, we will apply non-monetary barriers to keep them out of our market,” he added.
Trump says tariffs make Americans rich
Trump said that “tariffs are about making America rich again and making America great again. And it will happen rather quickly.” He asserted that the reciprocal measures would cause “little disturbance”. “There will be a little disturbance, but we are okay with that. It won’t be much.”
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