‘India Will Say Sorry’: Trump’s Commerce Secretary Warns New Delhi Over Russian Oil, BRICS Membership | India News
India-US bonds: After India’s US tariff, the Donald Trump administration continued its anti -Indian rent. Now, with a sharp warning to the new Delhi, US Trade Secretary Howard Lutnick, who served under the rule of former President Donald Trump, called on India to rethink his energy and trade policies. Speaking about India’s Rising Oil imports and BRICS’s role in BRICS, Lutnick said Washington would not tolerate the partners who have drifted closer to Moscow and Beijing. Lutnick said India would be sad to Trump. “India will be on the table in a few months and will tell their sadness. They will make an agreement with Donald Trump,” Lutnick warned India against partnership with Russia and China. He said.
‘India receives 40% oil from Russia’
Lutnick said he imported less than 2% of India’s oil from Russia before the Ukrainian conflict. “Now they buy 40%. They are doing this because Russia was applied to find buyers and oil sanctions were applied and sold at dirt-excessive prices. India chose to earn money from it. They are just playing-this is ridiculous.”
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‘Decide who is on the side’
Trade secretary pressure on India to take an open position. “Really need to decide which side they are. Remember, the Chinese sell us, the Indians will be sold to us. We will not be sold to each other. We are consumers to the world. The global market is our economy of $ 30 trillion. Everyone knows – the customer is always right,” he said.
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Warning against BRICS alignment
Lutnick criticized India’s participation in BRICS, a group containing Russia and China, and said he opposed American interests. “Stop buying Russian oil. Stop being a part of BRICS.
Tariff threat
Underlining the bets, Lutnick warned that if India continues its current policies, tariffs can be used as leverage. “If not, pay 50% tariff. Let’s see how long it lasts,” India said, Washington said.
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What does it mean for India
Explanations emphasize the growing impatience of India’s strategic autonomy and the balance of balancing between Western partnership. While the new Delhi insists on energy security and multipolar participation, Washington seems determined to push the parties in the midst of the global economic and geopolitical rearrangement.
