I look forward to speaking with Prime Minister Modi about the fact that India, for years having put very high Tarif… https://t.co/w28hIF3jbi — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 1561607225000

Times View A day after US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said in India that, “Partners run into each other, have different views. We’ll work through those,” President Donald Trump made it clear that this will be no cakewalk. He tweeted that the recent import tariffs India has imposed on 29 US imports are “unacceptable” and “must be withdrawn”. India of course is dissatisfied with how the US has taken a “unilateral position” in rolling back export incentives from here. But the bottomline is that shared strategic and economic interests will keep both countries at the negotiating table, for there is no way forward except to walk together.

SINGAPORE: US President Donald Trump looks forward to speaking with Prime Minister Narendra Modi about a recent increase in its already high tariffs against the United States, he said on the social network Twitter on Thursday."This is unacceptable and the tariffs must be withdrawn," Trump added.After extending the deadline for several times, India imposed additional customs duties on 29 US products, including almond, walnut and pulses, with effect from June 16 following Washington's withdrawal this month of key trade privileges for New Delhi.Trump will hold a bilateral meeting with PM Narendra Modi on Friday on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit. This would be his first meeting with Modi after the BJP's stunning victory in the general elections.It comes after the India visit of US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, during which he met PM Modi, external affairs minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.Trump has for about a year now publicly expressed his displeasure over the status of India-US economic relationship, particularly the alleged high tariffs by India.In the past several months, he has called India a "tariff king" and threatened to impose reciprocal tariffs on Indian products as well.Immediately after PM Modi was sworn in for second term, Trump informed the US Congress of his decision to terminate India's designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the key GSP trade programme after determining that it has not assured the US that it will provide "equitable and reasonable access to its markets."The Generalised System of Preference (GSP) is the largest and oldest US trade preference programme and is designed to promote economic development by allowing duty-free entry for thousands of products from designated beneficiary countries.Read this story in MarathiRead this story in Bengali