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Trump says he will 'substantially' raise tariffs on India over Russian oil purchase
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....rump says he will 'substantially' raise tariffs on India over Russian oil purchase<BR>Customs & Trade<BR>Dated:- 4-8-2025<BR>PTI<BR>New York/Washington, Aug 4 (PTI) US President Donald Trump on Monday said he will "substantially" raise tariffs paid by India to America, accusing the country of buying massive amounts of Russian oil and selling it for big profits. "India is not only buying massive a....
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....mounts of Russian Oil, they are then, for much of the Oil purchased, selling it on the Open Market for big profits," Trump said in a social media post. "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 USA," he added. Last week, Trump mounted a sharp attack on India and Russi....
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....a for their close ties and said that the two countries can take their "dead economies down together", a remark which prompted New Delhi to say that India is the world's fastest-growing major economy. The White House announced last week that India will face tariffs of 25 per cent after Trump issued an executive order listing the various duties that Washington will impose on exports from countries ....
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....around the world. Declaring that the US has a massive trade deficit with India, Trump had said that while “India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the world, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any country. "Also, they have always bought a vast ....
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....majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia's largest buyer of energy, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to stop the killing in Ukraine — All things not good!” Trump had said. PTI YAS ZH ZH<BR> News - Press release - PIB....