KNOWLEDGE SIR

Trump boasts he got India to slash Harley-Davidson tariffs by 50% in 'about two minutes' KNOWLEDGE SIR  President Donald Trump has said he struck a "very fair deal" with India by making it cut the tariffs on the iconic motorcycle Harley-Davidson by half in just about two minutes, but rued the "high" Indian duties on American whisky. India in February last year slashed the customs duty on imported motorcycles like Harley-Davidson to 50% after Trump called it "unfair" and threatened to increase the tariff on import of Indian bikes to the US. At a White House event on the Reciprocal Trade Act on Thursday, Trump flashed out a green colour board with examples of non-reciprocal tariffs from various countries. "Look at motorcycles as an example. (In) India, it was 100%. I got them down to 50%, just by talking for about two minutes. It's still 50% vs 2.4% (on imported motorcycles to the US). Again, other than that, it's a ve...