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Al Jazeera
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Politics
Al Jazeera Staff

Trump pledges to ‘substantially’ raise US tariffs on India over Russian oil

US President Donald Trump, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025 [Nathan Howard/Reuters]

Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump says he will “substantially” raise tariffs on India, intensifying the row between the two countries after years of rapprochement.

Trump accused India in a social media post on Monday of buying and reselling “massive amounts” of Russian oil “for big profits”.

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