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Trump targets India on tariffs, announces reciprocal taxes

In what is expected to upset New Delhi after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent successful visit to Washington, US President Donald Trump targeted India and other countries on import duties and announced reciprocal tariffs from April 2.

A process begins

From the UAE’s perspective, the deal formalises what one observer has called “dating on the quiet” for the two countries over recent years had found common ground in the threat they perceived from Iran and in other shared regional perceptions. In the past decade or so, there has been a thaw in relations between the two countries, with some significant visits to the UAE by Israeli government functionaries.