Former Australian PM Tony Abbott Criticizes Trump's 50% Tariffs on Indian Exports at NDTV World Summit

Oct 17, 2025 06:40 pm CST

At the NDTV World Summit 2025, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott criticized US President Donald Trump for imposing 50% tariffs on Indian exports while sparing other nations like China from similar treatment. Abbott emphasized America's strategic interests lie with democratic India rather than Pakistan, calling the tariffs a temporary setback in US-India relations that should be quickly remedied.