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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has claimed that India has “stopped” buying lipid from Russia aft U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff connected countries purchasing lipid from Moscow.
Mr. Trump has imposed 50% tariffs connected India, including 25% for its purchases of Russian oil.
Speaking with Fox Business, Mr. Bessent said, “India started buying Russian lipid aft the (Ukraine) struggle began, but President Trump enactment a 25% tariff connected them, and India has geared down and has stopped buying Russian oil.”
India had described the U.S. enactment arsenic “unfair, unjustified and unreasonable” portion maintaining that its vigor argumentation is guided by its ain nationalist interest.
A Bill introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham has projected a 500% tariff connected secondary acquisition and reselling of Russian oil. The connection has near-unanimous backing successful the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
While speaking connected the Bill, Mr. Bessent said that it is simply a connection that Senator Graham has successful beforehand of the Senate and “we volition spot whether that passes. We don't judge that President Trump needs that authority, that helium tin bash it nether IEEPA, but that the Senate wants to springiness him that authority.”
Mr. Bessent besides accused Europe of buying Russian lipid and backing Russia’s warfare against Ukraine.
“And just, conscionable to beryllium wide that we person Europe buying Russian oil, still, still, oregon 4 years later, they are financing the warfare against themselves,” Mr. Bessent added.
India fell to 3rd spot among buyers of Russian fossil fuels successful December aft Reliance Industries and state-owned refiners sharply chopped crude lipid imports, according to the Centre for Research connected Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
India, the world's third-largest lipid importer, emerged arsenic the biggest purchaser of discounted Russian crude aft Western countries shunned Moscow pursuing its February 2022 penetration of Ukraine.
