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India may deepen ties with BRICS amid Trump’s erratic policies: Report
Beyond recently imposed tariffs, analysts flagged possible secondary sanctions tied to India’s defense and energy ties with Russia.
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IANS - Fri, 12, Dec 2025
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US President Donald Trump’s second term has ruptured relationships with India built from two decades of diplomatic investment and could lead New Delhi to deepen ties with Russia and leverage BRICS more boldly, a report has said.
The report from One World Outlook warned that the likely outcome is not a dramatic break but greater hedging by India — which would show up as missed defense deals, slowed tech cooperation and a careful refusal to take risks on Washington’s behalf.
A sharp debate has emerged in Washington, with Democratic Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove warning that Trump’s tariff regime is inflicting “long-term damage” on one of America’s most vital alliances.
Sydney accused Trump of taking a relationship the Biden administration had left with a revitalized Quad, a defense tech initiative and supply-chain partnerships — and flushing that progress “down the toilet,” the report said.
Think-tank analysts argued that years of incremental progress have been dragged back into a cycle of grievance and linkage politics.
The report noted that India is doubling down on diversification, building out BRICS and Global South platforms, signaling interest in alternative payment arrangements and presenting itself aggressively to European, Japanese and Middle Eastern investors as a manufacturing hub.
If Washington insists on framing economic engagement as a stick rather than a carrot, India appears prepared to treat the US as one partner among many, not the privileged one, the report warned.
Beyond recently imposed tariffs, analysts flagged possible secondary sanctions tied to India’s defense and energy ties with Russia. “From Delhi’s perspective, these threats add up to a structural mistrust of Indian strategic autonomy, even as Washington demands India act as a frontline partner in the Indo-Pacific,” the report noted.
The rupture followed the US imposition of an additional 25 percent tariff on Indian imports, raising duties on some products to about 50 percent and hitting labor-intensive sectors such as textiles, footwear and jewelry.
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