Making a big mistake with India…: Former US Commerce Secretary lashes out at Donald Trump’s trade policy, says, ‘America Alone is…’

Raimondo called for a reset in U.S. diplomacy, which she said depends on good alliances, not unilateral action.

United States President Donald Trump’s recent tariff move has been criticized by several top leaders, diplomats, and experts. In a significant update, Former US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has spoken out strongly against the Trump administration’s foreign and global trade relations. She stated that the U.S. was “making a big mistake with India,” and is putting crucial overseas partners off.

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While at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, in a conversation with former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, Raimondo accused the Trump administration of choosing an isolationist approach that decreases the US’s influence on the world stage.

What did the former U.S. Commerce Secretary say about America’s approach to India?

“We’re making a big mistake with India. The Trump administration has pissed off all our allies. America First is one thing. America Alone is a disastrous policy,” Raimondo was quoted as saying by IndiaToday.

How does she describe the consequences of an “America Alone” policy?

Raimondo warned that the U.S.’s current approach could undermine key economic and strategic alliances. Furthermore, she added, “On my list of top 20 things that I would be critical of this administration for is pissing off all of our allies.” Raimondo suggested that a United States that fails to maintain strong friendships or partnerships with Europe and Japan risks becoming strategically weaker.

Raimondo called for a reset in U.S. diplomacy, which she said depends on good alliances, not unilateral action. She noted that the U.S. cannot be effective if it does not have strong ties to Europe and much of Southeast Asia and asserted that the U.S. must develop closer commercial ties with Europe, while suggesting the country is “making a big mistake with India.”

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

1. United States President Donald Trump’s recent tariff move has been criticized by several top leaders, diplomats, and experts.
2. Former US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has spoken out strongly against the Trump administration’s foreign and global trade relations.
3. Her remarks come amid Trump’s tariff move against India.
4. The relations between New Delhi and Washington have been reeling under severe stress.

Her remarks come amid Trump’s tariff move against India. The relations between New Delhi and Washington have been reeling under severe stress after Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods to a whopping 50 per cent, including a 25 per cent additional duty for India’s purchase of Russian crude oil. India described the US action as “unfair, unjustified and unreasonable”.