Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro called Modi’s camaraderie with Xi and Putin at the SCO summit “troublesome,” urging India to side with the US, Europe, and Ukraine.
The Trump administration has slapped a combined 50% tariff on Indian goods, including extra levies for Russian oil imports, calling India’s stance “profiteering.”
India had defended its Russian crude purchases as a matter of national interest, even as Navarro alleged China was using India as a transshipment hub to bypass sanctions.