New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- Renowned economist and Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs has strongly criticised the United States administration's tariffs, terming them as pressure tactic on India.

In an interview with ANI, he said US President Donald Trump's tariffs are "bizarre" and "very self-destructive of US foreign policy interests."

He said years of hard work in improving US-India relations is being undermined by the Trump administration.

"It's a shocking level of incompetence. I see incompetence in the US government, I'm never surprised, but I'd say that this reached this level that I have to admit actually surprised me," he said, answering a query regarding the Trump administration imposing 25 per cent secondary tariffs on In...