Washington: US President Donald Trump says he will hike tariffs on India from their already-high level of 25 per cent due to the country’s ongoing purchases of Russian oil amid the war against Ukraine.
In a sign of the strained relations between the two countries, India quickly branded Trump’s move “unjustified and unreasonable”, and said it would take all necessary measures to safeguard its economic security.
US President Donald Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi met in the Oval Office in February.Credit: Bloomberg
The threat, which has not yet been acted on, underlines Trump’s preference for using tariffs for geopolitical leverage, and comes as his deadline looms for commitments from Russia’s Vladimir Putin on ending the war, which has now raged for three-and-a-half years.
There have been mixed reports about India’s intentions over the past week as the US stepped up pressure on the world’s most populous nation to back away from its reliance on Russian crude oil, which now accounts for about a third of India’s supplies.
“India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian Oil, they are then, for much of the Oil purchased, selling it on the Open Market for big profits,” Trump wrote on social media on Monday (Tuesday AEST).
“They don’t care how many people in Ukraine are being killed by the Russian War Machine. Because of this, I will be substantially raising the Tariff paid by India to the美国。”
Oil tanker trucks outside an oil refinery operated by Bharat Petroleum Corp in Mumbai, India.Credit: Bloo姆伯格
路透上周报道说，印度每天从1月至6月进口了约175万桶的俄罗斯石油，并引用了消息来源。 《纽约时报》报道报告说，俄罗斯石油已经从战前印度的1％供应到今天的三分之一以上。
印度的外交部表示，印度开始从俄罗斯购买石油，因为战争爆发后其传统供应转移到欧洲。它说。六氟化物，钯和肥料。 “与我们的案件不同，这种贸易甚至不是一个重要的民族强迫。”
本周将成为特朗普停滞的努力，以调解他曾经吹嘘自己可以在24小时内结束的冲突的努力。总统修订的最后通atum授予普京，直到星期五，与俄罗斯贸易伙伴一起签署停火或面临其他制裁。
孟买古鲁库尔艺术学院的学生对他对唐纳德·特朗普与印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）之间的关系进行了终结。 Witkoff might travel to Russia on Wednesday or Thursday ahead of the deadline, and that Moscow would face sanctions if a ceasefire wasn’t brokered by then – though he noted the Russians were “wily characters, and they’re pretty good at avoiding sanctions”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said officials were always happy to meet with Trump’s envoy, and that the Kremlin considered such talks important, substantive and
虽然路透上周报道说，印度石油精炼厂已经暂停了俄罗斯原油的进口，但到周末， times 和彭博社报道说，没有发出停止进口的指示，俄罗斯油轮继续与印度的最高澳大利亚人一起到达印度的帕金人。美国主要贸易伙伴中的关税，25％，当时修订后的税款上周下旬宣布。他们直到8月7日才生效。
，尽管特朗普通过针对出售石油的国家而更接近对俄罗斯施加了所谓的二级制裁，但他已经停止接受参议院领导的账单，以对俄罗斯石油的国家征收500％的关税，但要购买俄罗斯石油。共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆（Lindsey Graham）是参议院法案的主要作者，他欢迎特朗普的最新威胁。
“我很感谢您坚定地承诺在乌克兰结束这种血液，”格雷厄姆说。 “让像印度这样的人为战争盈利付出代价是一个不错的起点。”
2月，印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）成为特朗普返回总统后访问白宫的首批外国领导人之一，但从那以后，关系有些紧张。 “这是一个令人惊讶的事实。”
米勒说，印度“将自己描绘成是我们最亲密的朋友之一”，但随后列出了许多不满，指控印度维持了不公平的贸易习惯和对移民的作弊，并帮助俄罗斯在乌克兰的俄罗斯战争努力为乌克兰的努力提供了资金。世界各地的头条新闻。 注册我们的每周新闻通讯 。
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