<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/why-are-we-giving-usd-21-million-to-india-donald-trump-23486836" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">President Donald Trump</a> has said if Elon Musk`s Tesla built a factory in India to avoid that country`s tariffs, it would be unfair to the US.
Trump`s comments came amid moves by him to increase tariffs significantly.
On February 13, hours before Prime Minister <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/pm-modi-holds-talks-with-amir-of-qatar-says-had-very-productive-meeting-with-my-brother-23486106" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Narendra Modi</a>`s bilateral meeting with Trump at the White House, the US President announced reciprocal tariffs.
Trump in a recent interview with Fox News` Sean Hannity said during their meeting he told Prime Minister Modi that India charges the highest tariffs in the world.
Trump said it is "impossible" for Musk to sell a car in India.
"Every country in the world takes advantage of us, and they do it with tariffs... It is impossible to sell a car, practically, in, as an example, India," he said.
"..If he (Musk) built the factory in India, that`s okay, but that`s unfair to us. It`s very unfair," Trump said in the interview.
<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/white-house-says-elon-musk-not-in-charge-at-doge-but-advising-us-president-donald-trump-23486225" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Musk</a>, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency, was also present during the interview.
A few days back, electric carmaker Tesla opened recruitment for various roles in India, including business operations analyst and customer support specialist.
The move is viewed as a sign of the company`s entry into the country.
As per the job postings on the company`s website, the posts are for the `Mumbai Suburban` area.
Trump during the interview said he discussed the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/trump-threatening-existence-of-gst-will-his-good-friend-in-new-delhi-stand-up-cong-23486345" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">issue of tariffs</a> with Modi.
"I told Prime Minister Modi" Here`s what you do. We are going to "be very fair with you."
When asked if the tariffs India charged were 36&#37.
Trump said, "Much much higher."
Musk said, "It`s 100 per cent on - auto imports are 100 per cent."
`Here`s what we`re going to do: reciprocal. Whatever you charge, I`m charging,`" President Trump said.
"He (Modi) goes, `No, no, I don`t like that.` `No, no, whatever you charge, I`m going to charge.` I`m doing that with every country."
Musk replied by saying, "It seems fair."&nbsp;
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