i'm nowjoined by sameer hashmi from mumbai. it's nice to see you, sameer hashmi.and the us. that's right. it's tit—for—tat after the whole china us trade war. now china's neighbour, india, doing this matter with united states. it's not at the same scale in terms of size. in india's case, india has been deferring this decision for years. they been talking about it since 2018 -- a they been talking about it since 2018 —— a year. that they would be introducing these retaliatory tariffs. they were hoping they could strike a deal, some sort of deal with united states. i think what triggered this decision is a few weeks ago, a couple of weeks ago the united states withdrew the preferential trade studies which india enjoyed, under which indian companies and exporters didn't have to pay any tariffs in the united states on more than 1000 products. soi states on more than 1000 products. so i think that's really when the us decided to withdraw that that india decided to withdraw that that india decided to withdraw that that india decided to go ahead and impose these tariffs.

as part of our global trade war week sameer hashmi reports from uttar pradesh on whether the tariffsdia. this is one of several chinese companies choosing to manufacture and —— manufacturer in india. due to ta riffs and —— manufacturer in india. due to tariffs on foreign—made goods, it is cheaper to make in india than import goods made also. the best manner factoring seems to be paying off. more than 240 plans like this have opened up across the country since 2014. experts say it won't happen anytime soon. this manufacturing has raised lots of money, it is now 20 three or $24 billion was not well waiting for a period where the manufacturing touches 60 or $70 billion was about that time, the policymakers will realise that now this is a reversible process and ta riffs this is a reversible process and tariffs are meaningless. it is not just mobile phones. 0ver tariffs are meaningless. it is not just mobile phones. over the last couple of years, india has raised input tariffs on a range of other products from electronics to textiles. the tax on foreign—made refrigerators and air conditio

sameer hashmi is watching this for us in mumbai. tells about today's decision.urs from now we will know the decision but what is widely expected is that the bank of india will go ahead with the 25 point cut. this is the third card as you're referring to in as many policies. the reason for that is that if you look at india's economic growth, it has fallen over the last few quarters. is that a five year low. the prime minister winning a second term with the big majority, the government really wants to push the growth agenda ahead. it is expected to ta ke growth agenda ahead. it is expected to take a lot of decisions over the next few months which will hopefully help revive and resurrect growth and arrest the slowdown. with retail invasion which has been one of the prime concerns for the reserve bank of india, it is lower than what is the comfort level for the indian central bank. they will go ahead with the rate cut to give a boost to the sentiment on the ground. if you look at the indian economy, unlike china it is driven by the domestic economy. so the more mone

sameer hashmi has more from mumbai.ar, time for india to engage in a battle with the united states, not the same scale in terms of the science —related bilateral trade between countries. in ‘s case, india has deferred this decision for a year, they talked about it since 2018, they would be imposing these retaliatory tariffs but they hoped there would be able to strike a deal, some sort of a deal with the united states but i think what triggered this decision is so mexico, a couple of weeks, the united states withdrew preferential trade status which india enjoyed, under which indian companies and exporters didn't have to pay any ta riffs exporters didn't have to pay any tariffs in the united states of more than 1000 products. sol tariffs in the united states of more than 1000 products. so i think that's really when the us decided to withdraw that, india decided to impose these duties. sony is back with us. keeping the food thing going. we look at this story and forming today, not one we feature that often but still, inte

sameer hashmi sent this from the reserve bank of india in mumbai.ities but calm without rushing, in order to guarantee the future of renault and the french nation. sometimes the screenplays the wrong clip and that is what happened there. there's more detail on that slow down in the economy, you can see that through the website and we will come back the next half with the search into the limit to human endurance. good evening. thank you forjoining me. time for our nightly round—up of the world weather and will start with north america. it has been pretty stormy across the south, particularly around texas in the deep south, the storms have also produced a secondary storm, with ford, here it is in the satellite image, a dust storm and it is strong winds blowing out of thunderstorms, whipping up all of the dust in the desert regions we have that suspended particles in the air. these are dust storms rather than sandstorms. 0n the other side of this world, we have a dries storm to a wet one, these to the north of portugal, northwest of spain, this isa por