US President Trump Threatens New Tariffs on Indian Rice Imports and Canadian Fertiliser Amid Stalled Trade Talks

US President Donald Trump warned that he may introduce new tariffs on agricultural imports, specifically targeting rice imports from India and fertilizer from Canada, claiming these imports are challenging domestic American producers; speaking at the White House while unveiling a $12 billion farm relief package (funded by tariff revenues), Trump said the administration would use tariffs aggressively to protect US agriculture, particularly after a Louisiana producer complained that Indian firms owned the two largest brands in the US retail rice market, to which Trump responded: “Tariffs, again, solves the problem in two minutes.”