Trump: We get nothing, India gets 100% tax on Harley-Davidson bikes

Washington, Feb 27: US President Donald Trump, upset over the issue of high import duty on Harley-Davidson motorcycles in India, has said that Washington was "getting nothing" despite India's announcement of slashing customs duty on imported motorcycles to 50 per cent.

"When they (Harley Davidson) send a motorcycle to India, as an example, they have to pay 100 per cent tax, 100 per cent," Trump said in his remarks to a gathering of governors of all the states at the White House on Monday.

"Now, the (Indian) Prime Minister, who I think is a fantastic man, called me the other day and said we are lowering it to 50 per cent. I said okay, but so far we're getting nothing. So we get nothing. He gets 50 (per cent), and they think they're doing us a favour. That's not a favour," he said.

He said the US gets "zero" when it buys an Indian motorcycle.