{"id":21580,"date":"2025-08-06T20:12:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=21580"},"modified":"2025-08-06T20:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:12:45","slug":"trump-imposes-additional-25-tariff-on-india-over-russian-oil-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/08\/06\/trump-imposes-additional-25-tariff-on-india-over-russian-oil-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump imposes additional 25% tariff on India over Russian oil ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>In a major escalation of trade tensions, US President Donald Trump has imposed an additional 25% tariff on imports from India, citing New Delhi\u2019s continued purchase of Russian crude oil.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new tariffs, signed under an executive order on Wednesday, come just a week after Trump announced an initial 25% reciprocal tariff, bringing the total to a steep 50%. The move follows the failure of recent US-Russia talks over the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tariffs to take effect within 21 days<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the White House statement, the latest round of tariffs will be implemented within the next 21 days. Officials described the decision as \u201cnecessary and appropriate\u201d in response to India\u2019s indirect and direct imports of energy from the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House further noted that India continues to impose some of the highest import tariffs globally, a concern repeatedly raised by Washington in past trade discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">US cites national interest, global security<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump\u2019s executive order emphasizes national interest and global security, linking India\u2019s Russian oil purchases to the broader geopolitical fallout of the Ukraine war.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major escalation of trade tensions, US President Donald Trump has imposed an additional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[216,215,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-latest","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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