US President Donald Trump imposing tariffs on Indian goods was probably due to “egoistic reasons”, while the main issue has always been China challenging the United States’ global hegemony, suggested Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Professor and Chinese studies expert Srikanth Kondapalli on Saturday.

“If Trump’s ire is on the trade surpluses, it should actually be directed at China, not at India. India is a sideshow for all these, and it probably got activated due to personal egoistic reasons, on the Nobel Prize or the ceasefire. So we were in a very strange situation”, the professor told ANI in an exclusive interview.

Talking about US-China relations, he mentioned that the “structural problem” between the two countries has been China challenging US as a global hegemon, and suggested t

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