US President Donald Trump is considering imposing additional tariffs on Indian rice, accusing New Delhi of dumping the commodity in the US. During a meeting at the White House on Monday (December 8), Trump unveiled $12 billion in new support for American farmers and said that “they (India) shouldn’t be dumping” their rice into the US.

What Kennedy told Trump

Trump further stated that such imports were having an adverse impact on domestic producers, adding that rice baron Meryl Kennedy, the founder and CEO of Kennedy Rice Mills and 4 Sisters Rice, had informed him about the falling price of rice.

Trump made the remarks after being given a list of countries, including India, Thailand and even China, which were dumping rice into the US.

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