US President Donald Trump has issued a fresh warning that he may impose new tariffs on agricultural imports; particularly rice from India and fertiliser from Canada; as trade negotiations with both countries show little progress.
His comments came during a White House event where he unveiled a multi-billion-dollar farm relief package aimed at supporting American farmers.
Trump argued that agricultural imports from India and several Asian nations were hurting domestic producers and insisted that tariffs remained his most effective tool to shield US agriculture.
He announced that the administration would provide “$12 billion in economic assistance to American farmers,” funded through tariff revenues collected from multiple trading partners.
“We’re really taking in trillions of dollars, i

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