Trump regime's Tariffs against India
A view of road in Delhi, India NYT published a revealing report on downturn in US-India relations. The report gives an idea on what happened behind the scenes and the real reasons for US imposition of enormous 50% tariffs on India. Of course, we already knew that the reasons given by Trump regime for imposition of tariffs on India were nonsense. India has been importing Russian oil since long time. India is a developing nation which imports nearly 80% of its oil requirements from abroad and hence is significantly dependent on Russian supplies because it comes at a discount . It’s also known that India re-sells some of the Russian oil in international market for a profit. All this is well known and there is nothing new. See reports from 2023 & 2024 ( 1 , 2 , 3 ). US is well aware of all this and don’t mind this because India is an important American ally in South east Asia. But no more. So why Trump got a sudden...