United States Vice President JD Vance on Sunday told NBC News that President Donald Trump applied “aggressive economic leverage”, including secondary tariffs on India, to restrict Russia’s oil revenues and pressure Moscow to end its war on Ukraine.
He made the remarks during an interview to the American news network while responding to a question on how the US was pressuring Russia to negotiate an end to the conflict.
The comment came amid diplomatic tensions between New Delhi and Washington after the Trump administration on August 6 doubled the tariffs on goods imported from India to 50% for purchasing Russian oil amid the Ukraine war.
A 25% so-called reciprocal tariff has already taken effect, with the secondary tariff of 25% expected to be enforced from Wednesday.
Trump has repeatedly alleged that India’s imports were “fuelling the war machine”.
New Delhi has said that it was “extremely unfortunate” that the US had chosen to impose additional tariffs on India “for actions that several other countries are also taking in their own national interest”.
“We reiterate that these actions are unfair, unjustified and unreasonable,” the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson had said at the time. “India will take all actions necessary to protect its national interests.”
Negotiators from both countries had completed a fifth round of talks in Washington last month. The next round, scheduled for...
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