<h1>US trade advisor criticizes India's trade practices and Russian crude purchases amid tense tariff-driven negotiations</h1> A senior US trade advisor publicly criticized India's trade practices and its continued purchase of Russian crude, asserting that the US does not need 'unfair trade' while India seeks greater access to US markets and education and allegedly harms US jobs through high tariffs; the advisor also claimed those oil purchases finance Russia's war effort. The remarks coincided with ongoing bilateral negotiations to address trade barriers after the US more than doubled tariffs on Indian goods and added duties linked to purchases of Russian crude, a move New Delhi called unfair, unjustified and unreasonable, straining relations.