New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- Former senior diplomat Surendra Kumar on Tuesday criticised the US administration's latest tariff push, saying "weaponising tariffs is wrong" and arguing that Washington cannot use Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose blanket tariffs on several countries.

Speaking to ANI, Kumar was responding to the latest tariffs imposed by the US on imports from 60 trading partners, including India, amid a lawsuit filed by a coalition of 25 US states challenging the measures.

"I personally feel that all these countries should welcome this move. After all, you see the whole concept of weaponising tariffs is wrong, because you will have a trade surplus with some country, you'll have a trade deficit with some country. You c...