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Trump aide Navarro again targets New Delhi on tariffs, Russian oil: ‘India can't handle truth'’

September 06, 2025 4:23 pm

Peter Navarro, Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing in the Trump administration, claimed that India’s “highest tariffs” hurt American workers.

‘Will always be friends with Modi’: Trump says nothing to worry about after 'lost India to China' remark

September 06, 2025 9:21 am

The US President added that he gets along 'very well' with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

US lawmaker says Trump's tariffs threaten ‘vital relationship' with India

September 04, 2025 2:21 pm

Meeks, ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Wednesday stressed “Congress' support for the US-India partnership” after meeting Indian Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra.

US-India relationship ‘complicated’, but ‘at the end of the day we will come together’, says US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

August 28, 2025 5:15 am

Trump India tariff policy, India Russia oil imports: On the status of the trade deal, he noted that negotiations were ongoing but far from settled. "We still don't have a deal," he said, describing India's stance as "performative".

‘Road to peace in Russia-Ukraine conflict runs through New Delhi’: US trade adviser rules out relief from 50% tariffs for India

August 22, 2025 10:39 am

Peter Navarro alleged that the money India makes from trade with the US is being used to buy discounted Russian crude, which is then refined and resold at higher prices in other markets.

Trump aide: India must act as strategic partner to be treated as one

August 19, 2025 2:25 am

In a very sharply-worded opinion piece, one of US President Donald Trump’s closest advisors, wrote: “India acts as a global clearinghouse for Russian oil, converting embargoed crude into high-value exports while giving Moscow the dollars it needs.”

India-Russia oil trade a ‘point of irritation’ in ties with US: Marco Rubio after Trump's 25% tariff plus 'penalty'

August 01, 2025 11:58 am

We also have many other points of cooperation with them, the US Secretary of State said.

Tariff uncertainty continues: US team to visit India in mid-Aug, well after Aug 1 ‘hard deadline’

July 22, 2025 5:50 am

While India and the US have agreed on a wide range of tariff lines, the negotiations — which currently only involve market access for goods — are stuck over sensitive sectors such as agriculture and automobiles, which are key job creators in India.

WATCH | JD Vance lands in India with family, sons wear traditional kurta-pyjama

April 21, 2025 11:28 am

With growing global tensions, particularly in the US-China trade war, the visit is crucial as both India and the US seek to solidify their partnership in the Indo-Pacific region. 

US sanctions UAE-based Indian national, his four firms for over alleged involvement in Iran’s oil trade

April 12, 2025 10:06 pm

According to the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Indian national—Jugwinder Singh Brar—owns multiple shipping companies that cumulatively have nearly 30 vessels, many of which operate as part of Iran’s “shadow fleet”.

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