US EditionModi Strengthens Ties with China and Russia Amid US-India Trade Tensions
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strengthened ties with Russia and China at the SCO Summit in Tianjin, China, in early September 2025.
- This move came after President Trump recently took trade measures against India, including levying tariffs as high as 50% on imports from the country, and publicly criticized India for its purchases of discounted Russian oil.
- Modi's outreach, including holding hands with Putin at a summit hosted by Xi Jinping, signals his willingness to bolster relations despite longstanding Sino-Indian tensions and the 2020 border clash.
- Senator Rand Paul cautioned that high tariffs risk pushing India closer to China and Russia, calling it "ironic" if tariffs did not work as intended and that enemies were consolidating.
- These dynamics suggest U.S.-India relations are souring amid stronger ties between India, Russia, and China, complicating U.S. efforts to maintain India as a strategic partner against geopolitical rivals.
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Images this week of PM Modi holding hands with Russia's Vladimir Putin at a summit hosted by China's Xi Jinping seemed to confirm what many experts have already concluded - the US has stumbled in its effort to draw India into its diplomatic orbit.
Trump shouldn't wobble over Modi's Beijing waltz
Alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was an honored guest at China‘s military parade in Beijing on Wednesday. Modi used his China visit to signal his discontent with President Donald Trump. Modi pledged new cooperation with China and held a lengthy and apparently constructive conversation with Putin in his presidential limousine (likely to mitigate Chinese surveillanc…
As Trump chills US-India ties, Modi warms to China and Russia
Images this week of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping seemed to confirm what many experts have already concluded - the U.S. has stumbled in its effort to draw India into its diplomatic orbit.
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BreitbartRand Paul: Putting Huge Tariffs on India Will Push Them to China, Russia
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that American enemies are coming together, but we also see other nations being pushed away from America, and “if you put a 50% tariff on India’s goods, India will become closer to China and closer to Russia.” While talking about China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea gathering in China, Paul said, “It might be ironic if, in the end, the protectionist flavo…
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