{"id":19931,"date":"2025-09-21T15:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T15:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=19931"},"modified":"2025-09-21T15:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T15:05:07","slug":"india-pm-calls-for-local-products-amid-strained-us-trade-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=19931","title":{"rendered":"India PM calls for local products amid strained US trade ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a public address on Sunday asked citizens to stop using foreign-made products and instead use local ones, pushing for a self-reliant campaign when trade ties with the United States have soured.<\/p>\n<p>After US President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on imported Indian goods, Modi has been urging use of &#8220;Swadeshi&#8221;, or made-in-India goods. His supporters have started campaigns to boycott American brands including McDonald&#8217;s, Pepsi and Apple, which are hugely popular in India.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0The US reset in South Asia<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of products we use daily are foreign made, we just don&#8217;t know &#8230; we will have to get rid of them,&#8221; Modi said in an address to the nation ahead of Monday&#8217;s implementation of widespread consumer tax cuts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We should buy products that are made in India,&#8221; he added, without naming any country.<br \/>\nIndia&#8217;s population of 1.4 billion is a major market for American consumer goods, often purchased from US online retailer Amazon.com. Over the years, the reach of US brands has expanded deep into smaller towns.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read:\u00a0Trump warns Venezuela of \u2018incalculable\u2019 cost over migrant dispute<\/p>\n<p>Modi also asked shopkeepers to focus on retailing made-in-India products, arguing that this will boost the country&#8217;s economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, many companies have increased the promotion of local goods.<br \/>\nIndia&#8217;s Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal is expected to visit, opens new tab Washington soon for trade talks, a trip that would take place amid efforts to ease strained bilateral ties.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a public address on Sunday asked citizens to stop using foreign-made products and instead use local ones, pushing for a self-reliant campaign when trade ties with the United States have soured. After US President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on imported Indian goods, Modi has been urging use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}