- I don’t care what India does with Russia: Trump.
- The president of the United States says that New Delhi tariffs in the world.
- Trump announced 25% tariffs on Indian goods.
With the deadline of August 1 to reach a commercial agreement with the United States, it expires on Friday (tomorrow), President Donald Trump attacked India and Russia on Thursday for commerce, saying that he did not care what none of them did.
“I don’t care what India does with Russia. They can lead to their dead economies together, for everything that matters to me,” President Trump said in an X publication.
“We have done very few issues with India, its tariffs are too high, among the highest in the world,” added the president.
The scathing comments follow Trump’s previous statement, where he said that Washington and New Delhi were in the process of negotiating a commercial agreement, after announcing earlier on the day that the United States would impose a 25% tariff on the imported goods of the country.
The 25%tariff, as well as an unspecified penalty announced by Trump in a publication of the morning social networks, would tighten relations with the most populous democracy in the world.
The 25% figure would highlight India more severely than other important commercial partners, and threaten to unravel months of conversations between the two countries, undermining a strategic partner of Washington and a counterweight to China.
In response to the 25% rate position by Trump, the Indian government said he was studying the implications of Trump’s ads and remained dedicated to ensuring a fair trade agreement.
With respect to Trump’s threat, what would be the penalty is not yet clear. Initially, the president of the United States had indicated that it was for India that bought Russian weapons and oil, and its non -monetary commercial barriers.
When asked about the penalty in the White House, he said that commercial problems were partly due and partly due to the participation of India in the BRICS of developing nations, which described as hostile to the United States in July said that the United States will impose an additional 10% rate in any country that aligns with the “anti-state policies” of the BRICs.
Contentious problem
The White House had previously warned India about its average high rates, almost 39% in agricultural products, with rates rising to 45% in vegetable oils and around 50% in apples and corn.
“While India is our friend, over the years, we have made relatively few issues with them because their tariffs are too high, among the highest in the world, and have the most expansion and unpleasant non -monetary commercial barriers of any country,” Trump wrote in a real social position.
It should be noted that Russia continued to be the main oil supplier to India during the first six months of 2025, which represents 35% of general supplies.
The United States, the largest economy in the world, currently has a commercial deficit of $ 45.7 billion with India, the fifth largest.
The Economic Advisor of the White House, Kevin Hassett, said that Trump has felt frustrated with the progress of commercial conversations with India and believed that the 25% tariff announcement would help the situation.
The new American tax on India imports would be higher than in many other countries that reached the Trump administration agreements. The Vietnam rate is established in 20%and Indonesia, at 19%, while the tax for Japan and the European Union is 15%.
American and Indian negotiators have maintained multiple rounds of discussions to solve controversial problems, particularly about access to the market in India for agricultural and dairy products in the United States.
In his last statement, India said that he attached the utmost importance to protect and promote the well -being of his farmers, entrepreneurs and small businesses.
