Published on 06/08/2025 11:58 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated that India has no plans to engage in discussions with former US President Donald Trump regarding proposed tariff hikes.
Trump announced on Tuesday that he intends to significantly increase tariffs on Indian imports within the next 24 hours, revising the earlier settled rate of 25 percent, which was set to take effect from August 7.
"India has the highest tariffs. We do very little business with India. We settled on 25 percent, but I think I am going to raise that substantially within the next 24 hours," Trump said in an interview with foreign media, as quoted by IANS.
Trump also accused India of purchasing Russian oil and contributing to what he described as "the Russian war machine."
This development follows India’s strong rebuttal to US claims that New Delhi is buying massive amounts of Russian oil and selling it at high profits in global markets.
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