Rush Hour: Trump asks Apple not to raise production in India, ‘Indians pushed across border’ & more
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United States President Donald Trump has said that he had told Apple’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook not to expand the technology company’s production in India. “I said I don’t want you [Apple] building in India,” said Trump, adding that he had told Cook that “India can take care of themselves, they are doing very well”.
Claiming that it was “very hard” to sell US goods in India, Trump stated that India had offered not to charge tariffs on products from his country. “India is one of the highest tariff nations in the world,” Trump said, reiterating his administration’s position.
Later in the day, India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reiterated that trade talks between India and the US were still underway. Read on.
The Bangladeshi Police has alleged that three Indians were among a group of 78 “pushed” across a river into Bangladesh on May 8. The group was rescued from the Mandarbaria area of the Sundarbans in Satkhira, according to a report by the country’s police.
The three purported Indians were arrested for entering Bangladesh without documents, said the report. They were said to be from Gujarat.
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