Trump order imposes additional 25% tariff on goods from India

The move threatens to further complicate U.S.-Indian relations and comes shortly after a Indian government source said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit China for the first time in over seven years later this month.

FILE PHOTO - A worker sits on a ship carrying containers at Mundra Port in the western Indian state of Gujarat April 1, 2014. / REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Aug. 6 imposing an additional 25 percent tariff on goods from India, saying the country directly or indirectly imported Russian oil, adding to 25 percent tariffs already announced.

The move threatens to further complicate U.S.-Indian relations and comes shortly after a Indian government source said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit China for the first time in over seven years later this month.

Also Read: Trump again threatens India with harsh tariffs over Russian oil purchases

U.S.-India ties are facing their most serious crisis in years after talks with India failed to produce a trade agreement.

The White House move, first signaled by Trump on Aug. 4, follows meetings by Trump's top diplomatic envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow aimed at pushing Russia to agree to peace in Ukraine.

Trump has threatened higher tariffs on Russia and secondary sanctions on its allies, if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not move to end the war in Ukraine.

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