United States President Donald Trump has claimed that his threat to impose a 200% tariff on exports from one of the two South Asian nations helped avert an India-Pakistan war. Speaking at an event, he said his intervention through trade pressure “stopped a lot of these wars”.

“As an example, India and Pakistan were going at it really hard. Seven planes were shut down... Bad things were happening and I was talking to both of them about trade... I said we are not going to do a trade deal unless they stop the war,” Trump said, according to ANI.

He added, “I got him on the phone and I said, listen, we’re going to put a 200% tariff on your country for any product you sell into the United States unless you stop this war... I spoke to the leaders of both nations. I like them both. But I said th

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