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In India, Trump's tariffs spark calls to boycott American goods (www.reuters.com)
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NEW DELHI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - From McDonald's and Coca-Cola to Amazon and Apple, U.S.-based multinationals are facing calls for a boycott in India as business executives and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's supporters stoke anti-American sentiment to protest against U.S. tariffs.

India, the world's most populous nation, is a key market for American brands that have rapidly expanded to target a growing base of affluent consumers, many of whom remain infatuated with international labels seen as symbols of moving up in life.

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I do not think they can ditch Whatsapp. it is very popular in India

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Tiktok was also very popular, until it wasn't anymore.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I don't use Tiktok, nor am I from India, so I'm clueless on this topic. What happened to the app over there?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Got banned due to worsening India-China relations.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    it's still alive, but it got captured by american/isreali control

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    TikTok is officially banned in India. (People still use it, but you can't download it from Play Store.)

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    • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Do it. Fuck the Orange Jackass.

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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    india uses google Android or apple ios as their primary computing platform, created by US-companies exclusively. And they can not afford hardware for alternative operating systems? How many indians use Linux?

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    [–] 32 points 1 year ago

    As an American, please do boycott American goods. I don’t know what it’s gonna take for half this country to stop supporting such an absolute dumbfuck, but hopefully a crumbling economy will cause an iota of critical thought in their two-cell brain

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    [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Welcome aboard India!

    Sincerely, Canada

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    • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Good.

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