US President Donald Trump is not backing away from his love affair with tariffs. Speaking at the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Arizona on September 30, he declared tariffs the 'most beautiful' word in the English language and his personal favourite.

“I love tariffs. Most beautiful word… Tariff is my favourite word. We’re becoming rich as hell. We’ve taken in trillions of dollars. Other countries had been taking advantage of us for years. Now we’re treating them fairly,” Trump said.

Even when pressed by the media about words like 'love' or 'family', Trump joked tariffs had slipped to his 'fifth favourite word,' but quickly added more praise for how the duties have supposedly transformed America’s fortunes.

India in the tariff crosshairs

India, along with Brazil, has been one of the har

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