Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 9 (ANI): NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule on Wednesday welcomed the Commerce Ministry's intervention on the issue of tariffs imposed by the United States but noted that the response was 'much delayed,' adding that she had expected the meeting to be called much earlier.

Speaking to ANI, NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule said, 'Tariffs was a challenge that was most expected. In all our budget speeches, we mentioned that the government needs to have a high-powered team, so let's keep politics aside and get all the stakeholders involved. Justice delayed is justice denied.'

'After a much-delayed reaction, we welcome today's Commerce Ministry's intervention of finally taking a meeting. We have been talking for a month, this is not a surprise. We were hoping that this meeting could have been convened much earlier. We were requesting that the government to be prepared for this tariff intervention,' Sule told ANI.

Earlier in the day, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar responded to the debate over Tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.

Speaking at the News 18 Rising Bharat Summit, Jaishankar said that India's strategy was clear and that it would engage with the United States on a bilateral trade agreement, which could conclude by the fall of this year. Jaishankar said that India's strategy has been to engage with the US in fructifying the bilateral trade agreement.

The EAM noted that as every country is tariffed, each is fashioning its own strategy to deal with the US.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) said that countries affected by US tariffs are eager to negotiate and make deals with him, offering to do anything to secure an agreement. While speaking at the National Republican Congressional Committee on Tuesday night (local time), Trump said he was a better negotiator than Congress.

Earlier, on Monday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed US tariffs on India following President Donald Trump's announcement last week about imposing a 10 per cent tariff on all imports to the US, which had caused concerns in the global market. The US has imposed 26 per cent tariffs on Indian imports. (ANI)