US EditionUS Adviser Navarro Says India's Russian Crude Buying Has to Stop
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro links India’s Russian oil imports to funding Moscow’s war in Ukraine and warns U.S. tariffs on Indian goods will increase if purchases continue.
- U.S. President Donald Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro called on India to stop buying Russian crude oil, stating that it undermines efforts to isolate Vladimir Putin's economy.
- Navarro described India's reliance on Russian oil as 'opportunistic' and said India must act like a strategic partner to the U.S. if it wants to be treated as one.
- He claimed that India's purchases of Russian crude fund Moscow's war in Ukraine and suggested that India is 'cozying up to both Russia and China.'
- India's Foreign Ministry defended its actions, stating that it is unfairly targeted while the U.S. and EU continue to buy goods from Russia.
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According to a US economist, India is funding the Russian war machine with its oil purchases.
Trump’s Trade Adviser Says India Must Stop Buying Russian Oil
India should halt purchases of Russian crude oil as the trade undermines efforts to isolate Moscow, the White House trade adviser Peter Navarro wrote in an op-ed published in the Financial Times on Monday. The world’s third-largest crude oil importer, India, has significantly boosted Russian oil imports since 2022, when Russia’s oil was banned in the West. Russia currently accounts for about a third of India’s oil purchases, becoming the single …
India’s purchase of Russian oil has to stop, says US trade adviser
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro says India’s purchases of Russian crude oil are funding Moscow’s war in Ukraine and have to stop, as Washington ramps up pressure on New Delhi to cut off its energy imports from Russia.
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