US Senators Rob Wyden and Rand Paul opposed proposed 100% tariffs on India and China during a Senate debate on a Russia sanctions bill, warning that the measure could hurt American interests and strain ties with key partners. The US Senate advanced a Russia sanctions bill last month. If enacted in its current form, the…
Washington: The Donald Trump administration in the United States has launched new “unfair trade practice” investigations into 16 key trading partners, including India, China and Bangladesh, in a move to restore tariff pressure after they were struck down by the US Supreme Court as illegal last month. The probes are being conducted under “Section 301”…
Hours after claiming that the United States has “lost” India and Russia to China, US President Donald Trump says he was “very disappointed” that India continues to purchase large volumes of oil from Russia, adding that his administration had imposed a very big tariff on New Delhi in response. When asked whom he held responsible…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned on Monday that energy prices could rise if the United States imposes secondary sanctions on China for refining Russian oil. The statement follows growing questions over why the U.S. imposed an additional 25% tariff on India for purchasing Russian oil, while taking no similar action against China.In an…
Elon Musk‘s AI chatbot, Grok, has come under sharp scrutiny after referring to US President Donald Trump as “the most notorious criminal” in Washington, DC. The remark was made during exchanges on Musk’s social media platform, X, where users had asked the bot about crime in the US capital. Grok pointed to Trump’s 34 felony…
India received support from unlikely quarters amid Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff moves after Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong called the US a “bully” as it doubled the tariffs on New Delhi to 50%. “Give the bully an inch, he will take a mile,” Xu said, pointedly criticising the White House without naming Trump. The remark is…