New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Former NITI Aayog CEO and G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant on Thursday termed the additional 25 per cent tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump on Indian goods as "totally arbitrary" and lacking "any logic," urging that India should consider imposing similar duties on other countries, including US, which still imports critical minerals from Russia.

"India should never bend. We should look at a long-term perspective. The Prime Minister has invested a lot in this relationship with the United States over the last decade. We should adopt a long-term perspective and ultimately win the game against the United States," Kant told ANI.

He pointed out that other major economies, such as Turkey, the EU, and China, also import sig...