Both our countries face enormous challenges today, including democratic backsliding, including discrimination, decreasing freedoms of press and religion, and increasing human rights abuses. We also are facing challenges around tariffs both here in the United States and in India. These Tariffs are damaging India's economy and also hurting American businesses and consumers. Just last week I heard from a fifth generation family owned company in Washington State that relies on agricultural products from India that can't be sourced at scale in the United States. (01:07–01:13)
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Asserts that tariffs negatively impact both India's economy and American businesses/consumers.
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