Amid trade talks with India, over trade barriers, energy purchases and the recent tariffs, the Donald Trump administration's Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has made a controversial statement about India and other countries that oppose opening their markets to American goods.

Lutnick said that “New Delhi needs fixing,” and threatened that if India wants to sell to American consumers, "it must play ball with the President". While pressing India and Brazil to open their markets to American goods, he urged them to stop taking actions that would potentially harm the interests of the United States.

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In an interview with News Nation, Lutnick said, “We have a bunch of countries to fix, like Switzer

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