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Trump’s Tariff Rant After Modi’s SCO Moment With Xi & Putin

On the very day Prime Minister Modi walked alongside Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping at the SCO Summit in Tianjin, U.S. President Donald Trump fired off a Truth Social post accusing India of a “one-sided” trade relationship, blaming tariffs, and warning that India’s oil deals with Russia “might be too late.” His trade adviser Peter Navarro went further, calling India the “Maharaja of tariffs” and commenting on PM Modi’s diplomacy with Russia and China. Meanwhile, Trump has already imposed 50% tariffs on Indian exports, half for “unfair trade” and half as a penalty for Russian oil purchases. Watch this report by Shivani Singh for details.

September 02, 2025 / 16:51 IST
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first published: Sep 2, 2025 04:51 pm

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