India-US spat over trade and oil threatens wider fallout

Trump's taunt that India could buy oil from arch enemy Pakistan has also not gone down well in New Delhi, said two Indian government sources

FILE PHOTO: A mobile crane carries a container at Deendayal Port in Kandla, in the western state of Gujarat, India, April 5, 2025. / REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

U.S. President Donald Trump's tirade against India over trade and Russian oil purchases threatens to undo two decades of diplomatic progress, analysts and officials say, and could derail other areas of cooperation as domestic political pressures drive both sides to harden their stances.

India's opposition parties and the general public have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stand up to what they call bullying by Trump, who on Aug. 6 signed an executive order subjecting Indian imports to an additional 25 percent in duties on top of an existing 25 percent tariff, due to its big purchases of Russian oil.

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