Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Friday that India could not be “Mute Spectator” when US President Donald Trump repeatedly “destroyed” the multilateral trade system established by the World Trade Organization to tariff threats on countries including India.
Given India’s share in international agreements and institutions, Jairam Ramesh stressed that Trump has already “lukewarm” the World Health Organization and withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement and UNESCO.
“The WTO was very heavy explosion during Trump Eye. It is destroyed during Trump II. The rule-based, multilateral trading system was placed with the US which is playing the role of a leadership itself. Now America’s attitude is to interact-all-a-sided but finally unilaterally decide.
President Trump has also withdrawn the WHO from the Paris Climate Agreement and UNESCO. Such international agreements and institutions have the most bets in India, ”The Congress MP has written in a social media post on X.
“This (India) cannot live a silent audience and be satisfied with slogans and brief names,” he said.
Jayram Ramesh took action after Donald Trump announced 25 percent tariff on Indian goods. He also threatened to impose an additional fine to buy oil from Russia.
On Thursday, the Center told Parliament that it was investigating the influence of recent events and would take all necessary steps to protect the national interest.
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is interacting with exporters, industries and all stakeholders and collecting information about its assessment of the issue.
“The government gives a lot of priority to protect the welfare of farmers, laborers, entrepreneurs, industrialists, exporters, MSMEs and industrial sector stakeholders. We will take all the necessary steps to protect our national interest.
The government is confident that we will continue our swift journey of inclusive and consistent development towards the goal of viksit bharat 2047. hai, “He said. (ani)
