--- title: U.S.-India Relations Strain Over Russian Oil description: Trump imposed an additional 25% tariff on India, raising its total tariff rate to 50%. canonical: https://time.com/7307203/india-russia-crude-oil-trump-miller-tariffs-war-ukraine-economy/ author: Miranda Jeyaretnam article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-08-04T08:45:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2025-08-07T07:23:22.000Z article:section: World og:title: U.S.-India Relations Strain Over Russian Oil og:description: Trump imposed an additional 25% tariff on India, raising its total tariff rate to 50%. og:url: https://time.com/7307203/india-russia-crude-oil-trump-miller-tariffs-war-ukraine-economy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d979d4d971b0732/6998c8c7e1ba003a7298dca9/trump-modi.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-INDIA-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY-TRUMP-MODI og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: U.S.-India Relations Strain Over Russian Oil twitter:description: Trump imposed an additional 25% tariff on India, raising its total tariff rate to 50%. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d979d4d971b0732/6998c8c7e1ba003a7298dca9/trump-modi.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # U.S. Slaps India With ‘Secondary’ Tariff Over Russian Oil Purchases > Sponsored content. 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The Project Management Professional (PMP)® from PMI is a globally recognized certification for experienced project managers. For those newer to the field, PMI's Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® is a common starting point. Other notable certifications include those focused on agile methodologies, such as the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®, and program management certifications like the Program Management Professional (PgMP)®. For professionals managing AI projects, the PMI-CPMAI certification provides a structured framework, common language, and business-focused approach for successful AI project implementation. #### How does PMI support career growth for professionals? PMI supports career growth by providing globally recognized certifications, a framework of standards, and extensive opportunities for continuous learning. Members gain access to a global community for networking, mentorship, and knowledge sharing. 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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on Feb. 13, 2025.Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images  by [Miranda Jeyaretnam](https://time.com/author/miranda-jeyaretnam/)  ## Miranda Jeyaretnam Reporter Updated: Aug 7, 2025 7:23 AM UTCPublished: Aug 4, 2025 8:45 AM UTC President Donald Trump seems unafraid to burn India, a longtime friend of the U.S., over its Russian oil purchases. “India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian Oil, they are then, for much of the Oil purchased, selling it on the Open Market for big profits. They don’t care how many people in Ukraine are being killed by the Russian War Machine,” Trump [posted](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114971053091282290) on Truth Social on Aug. 4 referring to Russia’s war with Ukraine. The President announced an additional 25% “secondary” tariff on India starting in 21 days in an [Aug. 6 executive order](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/addressing-threats-to-the-united-states-by-the-government-of-the-russian-federation/), effectively [bringing tariffs on India to a total 50% rate](https://time.com/7306868/trump-tariffs-tracker-countries-rates-sectors-trade-deals-deadlines-timeline/). India’s foreign ministry [called](https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl/39945/Statement%5Fby%5FOfficial%5FSpokesperson) the executive order “extremely unfortunate” and previously said in an Aug. 4 [statement](https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl/39936) that “the targeting of India is unjustified and unreasonable.” The ministry stated that India was “actively encouraged” by the U.S. to buy Russian oil, which American officials [said last year](https://x.com/sidhant/status/1789267696741490995) was meant to keep Russian oil in the global supply so that oil prices would not surge. “\[Trump\] wants a tremendous relationship and has had always a tremendous relationship with India and the Prime Minister \[[Narendra Modi](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2021/6096023/narendra-modi-leader/)\],” White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller [said](https://youtu.be/jqbLwKpCWwc?feature=shared&t=610) on Fox News over the weekend. “But we need to get real about dealing with the financing of this war.” The Trump Administration has recently [shifted](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-trump-zelenskyy-putin-war-088f37d5f4f301cb0a0472c84ffb7513) from the President’s earlier friendly tone towards Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump, who said repeatedly during his presidential campaign that he [would end the war “in 24 hours,”](https://time.com/7206595/donald-trump-day-one-promises-pardons-border-executive-order/) has apparently grown fed up with Putin, issuing [sharp criticisms](https://time.com/7301112/trump-putin-ukraine-sanctions/) of [the Russian President](http://time.com/7302683/trump-reverses-appeasement-putin-russia/) as well as of former Russian President [Dmitri](https://time.com/archive/6946200/russian-president-dmitri-medvedev/)[ Medvedev](https://time.com/7306697/trump-medvedev-russia-ukraine-nuclear-war-putin/). Last month, Trump announced that the U.S. would [continue to supply](https://time.com/7301675/ukraine-us-weapons-nato-military-defense-spending-trump-putin-russia/) Ukraine militarily (after earlier [announcing a pause](https://time.com/7302305/trump-ukraine-patriots-russia-sanctions/)), and he [threatened tariffs and other measures](https://time.com/7302158/trump-tariffs-putin-ukraine-russia-war-nato-weapons/) on Russia if it [does not reach a peace deal](https://time.com/7305894/donald-trump-russia-ukraine-deadline/) with Ukraine by Aug. 8. But Trump is also shifting his approach toward India, which has long served as a regional buffer against China and whose [leader](https://time.com/6985447/india-election-results-modi-bjp/) has had a [close relationship](https://time.com/7022195/india-modi-visit-trump/) with [Trump](https://time.com/5787382/india-us-presidential-visit-history/). “I don’t care what India does with Russia. They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care,” Trump [posted](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114945847973193713) on Truth Social on July 31. “India portrays itself as being one of our closest friends in the world, but they don’t accept our products, they impose massive tariffs on us, … and of course we see again the purchasing of \[Russian\] oil.” Miller said on Fox News, adding that “all options are on the table” for Trump to end the Russia-Ukraine war. ## India’s ties to Russia India and Russia have a [track record](https://time.com/6154734/india-ukraine/) of [supporting each other](https://time.com/6996536/india-russia-modi-putin-visit/) that [goes back](https://time.com/5305815/india-us-russia-bilateral-ties/) decades. When former U.S. President Richard Nixon sent a warship to intimidate India during the 1971 India-Pakistan War, Russia sent its navy to the Indian Ocean. In December 2021, Modi and Putin signed a number of trade and arms deals, while Russian oil producer Rosneft is [expanding](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russias-rosneft-invested-20-bln-india-indian-government-quotes-putin-saying-2024-12-05/) its investment in India. India has also repeatedly [abstained](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64753820) from voting on United Nations resolutions to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “People will be shocked to learn that India is basically tied with China in purchasing Russian oil. That’s an astonishing fact,” Miller said. India imports around two million barrels of crude oil per day from Russia, making it the second largest purchaser of Russian oil after China, according to the [_New York Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/world/asia/india-russia-oil-trump-threats.html). Russia’s share of Indian oil imports has increased from less than 1% before the war to more than a third. Russia has [for years](https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/2303%5Fat%5Ffact%5Fsheet%5F2022%5Fv2.pdf) also been India’s top arms supplier. While the war in Ukraine lowered Russia’s arms exports due in part to the need for weapons on its own battlefield, India was still Russia’s top arms buyer between 2020 and 2024, purchasing 38% of Russian arms exports, according to a [2024 report](https://reliefweb.int/report/world/sipri-fact-sheet-march-2025-trends-international-arms-transfers-2024-encasv#:~:text=Russia%20delivered%20major%20arms%20to,Kazakhstan%20%2811%20per%20cent%29.) by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. ## Trump’s short-term shifts After months of trade talks between the U.S. and India, which Trump had [hinted](https://time.com/7300389/trump-trade-deals-tariff-letters-deadline/) came very close to a deal, Trump imposed a 25% tariff on the South Asian country. In a July 30 [post](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114942106248731470) announcing the new rate, Trump griped about India’s “strenuous and obnoxious” trade barriers and the country’s financial ties to Russia: “Also, they have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia’s largest buyer of ENERGY, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE — ALL THINGS NOT GOOD!” In addition to the 25% tariff, Trump announced an additional 25% “penalty” on India for its Russia ties. Trump had previously [threatened](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-unlikely-enforce-tariff-threat-russian-oil-2025-07-25/) a 100% tariff on imports from countries that buy Russian oil, unless Russia and Ukraine reach a peace deal. China, the biggest buyer of Russian oil, has not yet been charged any additional tariffs as it continues negotiations with the U.S. ahead of an Aug. 12 trade deal deadline. White House trade advisor Peter Navarro [told](https://x.com/cspan/status/1953204184137744814) reporters on Aug. 6 that the U.S. tariff rate on China is already above 50%. “As the boss says, let’s see what happens,” Navarro said. “We don’t want to get to a point where we actually hurt ourselves.” India has also come under Trump’s fire as a member of intergovernmental grouping [BRICS](https://time.com/7300395/trump-tariffs-threat-brics-anti-american-concerns/), which is led by U.S.-sanctioned countries Russia, China and Iran, as well as Brazil and South Africa. Trump threatened an additional 10% tariff on BRICS members, which he said were aligning themselves against the U.S. Meanwhile, Trump has moved closer to Pakistan, with which India has [hostile relations](https://time.com/7283794/india-pakistan-kashmir-tensions-timeline-history-conflict/) and the U.S. has historically had a complex and sometimes tense relationship, especially as Pakistan has [grown closer](https://time.com/6182411/us-pakistan-china-imran-khan/) to and is [primarily armed](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3302515/china-supplied-81-pakistans-arms-imports-past-5-years-sipri-says) by China. Earlier this year, India and Pakistan were on the [brink of war](https://time.com/7283325/india-pakistan-attacks-kashmir/) after a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir prompted an Indian missile strike on Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province. India accused the Pakistani government of being involved in the attack, which Pakistan denied. After days of the escalating conflict, Trump announced a [cease-fire](https://time.com/7284654/india-pakistan-ceasefire-trump-us-mediation-kashmir-conflict-strikes/) between the two neighbors—a development that Trump has repeatedly taken credit for since. Pakistan thanked Trump for his part in brokering the peace, going so far as to [nominate](https://time.com/7300791/trump-nobel-peace-prize-netanyahu-nominations-obama-flattery-history-explainer/) him for a Nobel Peace Prize. India, on the other hand, has [rejected](https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/defence-minister-denies-india-bowed-pressure-end-fighting-with-pakistan-2025-07-28/) Trump’s claim as “baseless and entirely incorrect” that India called off its military campaign under U.S. pressure. Hours after announcing the 25% tariff on India, Trump [said](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114943927434273211) the U.S. “concluded” a trade deal with Pakistan, which would involve an oil partnership, quipping that, “Who knows, maybe they’ll be selling Oil to India some day!” Experts have said that the Trump Administration’s more [transactional approach](https://time.com/7174087/trump-second-term-foreign-policy-asia-approach/) to [international diplomacy](https://time.com/7298254/china-us-diplomacy-military-intervention-taiwan-israel-iran-war-ceasefire/) has meant that longtime friends can abruptly be bucked in favor of short-term U.S. interests. “The U.S. administration has tended to focus on its immediate concerns, and Pakistan has been quick to respond to these. India seeks to convince the U.S. to take a longer-term view and make decisions accordingly,” retired American diplomat Jon Danilowicz told the [_South China Morning Post_](https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3320578/trumps-pakistan-pivot-redefines-us-india-dynamics-no-permanent-friends?module=further%5Freading%5FRM&pgtype=article). “For the present, it seems that New Delhi is holding the short end of the stick.” ## India doubles down “I understand that India is no longer going to be buying oil from Russia,” Trump [told](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmorDn864AA) reporters last week. “That’s what I heard. I don’t know if that’s right or not. That is a good step. We will see what happens.” It seems, at least for now, that Trump heard wrong. “Our ties with any country or all the ties that we have with various countries, they have, they stand on their own merit and they should not be seen from the prism of a third country,” India’s foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal [said](https://www.mea.gov.in/media-briefings.htm?dtl/39932/Transcript%5Fof%5FWeekly%5FMedia%5FBriefing%5Fby%5Fthe%5FOfficial%5FSpokesperson%5FAugust%5F01%5F2025) at a news conference on Aug. 1 without directly addressing Trump’s comments. “As far as India-Russia relations are concerned, we have a steady and time-tested partnership.” Bloomberg [reported](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/india-oil-refiners-squeezed-by-anti-russia-push-from-us-and-eu) last week that the Indian government had told state-owned oil refiners to prepare alternatives to Russian crude, although one person familiar with the matter told the outlet that the instruction was meant as scenario planning in the event that Russian crude oil becomes unavailable. Other sources told Bloomberg that the Indian government is still assessing its position. Two senior Indian officials told the [_Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/world/asia/india-russia-oil-trump-threats.html) on Aug. 2 that there has been no change in policy and that India would continue purchasing oil from Russia. India’s foreign ministry also pointed out in its Aug. 4 statement that the U.S. and the European Union—which has also criticized India over its trade with Russia—have continued to import products from Russia. U.S. goods trade with Russia in 2024 amounted to around $3.5 billion, down from around $36 billion in 2021, according to [Census data](https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c4621.html#2025), although the U.S. [reportedly](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/business/trump-tariffs-russia-us-farmers.html) still imports fertilizers from Russia. In its statement, India’s foreign ministry vowed to “take all necessary measures to safeguard its national interests and economic security.” Modi also struck a critical tone of Trump’s tariffs, after months of [Indian officials](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8e4eyz8dd6o) seeming to [cast](https://time.com/7274195/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-world-responses-china-eu-countries-leaders-countermeasures/) the [policy](https://www.euronews.com/2025/04/22/vance-and-modi-hail-positive-us-india-trade-talks-amid-trump-tariff-threat) in a [more](https://fortune.com/asia/2025/04/03/india-tariffs-trump-great-friend-narendra-modi/) cautiously [optimistic](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-24/india-s-confidence-about-trump-s-tariffs-is-deluded) light.“The world economy is going through many apprehensions, there is an atmosphere of instability,” Modi [said](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2151725) at a rally in Uttar Pradesh on Aug. 2\. “In such a situation, the countries of the world are focusing on their respective interests. They are focusing on the interests of their respective countries,” he added, referencing how the government believes [India is on track to become the third largest economy](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetails.aspx?NoteId=154660) in the world, behind the U.S. and China. “Therefore, India also has to be vigilant about its economic interests.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7307203/india-russia-crude-oil-trump-miller-tariffs-war-ukraine-economy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7307203/india-russia-crude-oil-trump-miller-tariffs-war-ukraine-economy/"},"headline":"U.S. Slaps India With ‘Secondary’ Tariff Over Russian Oil Purchases","datePublished":"2025-08-04T08:45:00.000Z","dateModified":"2025-08-07T07:23:22.000Z","description":"Trump imposed an additional 25% tariff on India, raising its total tariff rate to 50%.","url":"https://time.com/7307203/india-russia-crude-oil-trump-miller-tariffs-war-ukraine-economy/","keywords":["diplomacy","Donald Trump","overnight","News Desk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d979d4d971b0732/6998c8c7e1ba003a7298dca9/trump-modi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Miranda Jeyaretnam","jobTitle":"Reporter","url":"https://time.com/author/miranda-jeyaretnam/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d979d4d971b0732/6998c8c7e1ba003a7298dca9/trump-modi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-INDIA-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY-TRUMP-MODI","caption":"President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi","creditText":"Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/diplomacy/","name":"diplomacy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7307203/india-russia-crude-oil-trump-miller-tariffs-war-ukraine-economy/","name":"U.S. Slaps India With ‘Secondary’ Tariff Over Russian Oil Purchases"}}]}] ```