The Daily Populous Monday August 18th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by hindustantimes.com and submitted by Mundane-Laugh8562

India's purchases of Russian crude has to stop for it's funding Moscow's war in Ukraine, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said. Peter Navarro will serve as a senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, Trump announced on Truth Social, his social media website.(AP)

“If India wants to be treated as a strategic partner of the US, it needs to start acting like one,” Navarro wrote in an opinion piece published in the Financial Times. “India acts as a global clearinghouse for Russian oil, converting crude into high-value exports while giving Moscow the dollars it needs.”

US President Donald Trump has slapped an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods, citing New Delhi's continued purchases of Russian oil, taking total tariffs on imports from India to 50%. India, however, maintains that the country is being unfairly singled out for buying Russian oil while the United States and the European Union continue to purchase goods from Russia.

Navarro, in the opinion piece, also said it was risky to transfer cutting-edge US military capabilities to India as New Delhi was “now cozying up to both Russia and China”.

Long-time rivals China and India are quietly and cautiously strengthening ties against the backdrop of Trump's unpredictable approach to both. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of the month while Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India from Monday for talks on the disputed border between the two countries.

A planned visit by US trade negotiators to New Delhi from 25-29 August has been called off, a source said over the weekend, delaying talks on a proposed Indian-US trade deal and dashing hopes of relief from additional US tariffs on Indian goods from 27 August.

7sfx on August 18th, 2025 at 10:28 UTC »

The US made India stop buying crude from Iran. Then they made India stop buying crude from Venezuela, only to start making oil deals with the Venezuelans themselves. Now they want India to stop buying crude from Russia too? So where exactly are we supposed to buy from? Is the US going to match the rates that Russia offers? Honestly, they should just take a hike.

IndependenceNo3908 on August 18th, 2025 at 09:36 UTC »

India will not stop.

Advisors are supposed to have read history. Crippling sanctions didn't stop India from doing nuclear test, these sanctions aren't stopping India from trading with Russia.

One thing that Indian leadership hates more than Pakistan, is a western power telling them what to do.

Loose-Umpire8397 on August 18th, 2025 at 08:11 UTC »

China standing in a corner laughing.