{"id":15169,"date":"2025-08-19T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=15169"},"modified":"2025-08-19T08:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:00:29","slug":"trumps-trade-adviser-says-india-must-stop-buying-russian-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/15169\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Trade Adviser Says India Must Stop Buying Russian Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"

RoydadNaft – <\/a><\/span>\u00a0India should halt purchases of Russian crude oil as the trade undermines efforts to isolate Moscow, the White House trade adviser Peter Navarro wrote in an op-ed published in the Financial Times<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

The world’s third-largest crude oil importer, India, has significantly boosted Russian oil imports since 2022, when Russia’s oil was banned in the West. Russia currently accounts for about a third of India’s oil purchases, becoming the single largest crude supplier to India.<\/p>\n

“India’s dependence on Russian crude is opportunistic and deeply corrosive of the world’s efforts to isolate Putin’s war economy,” Navarro wrote.<\/p>\n

“In effect, India acts as a global clearinghouse for Russian oil, converting embargoed crude into high-value exports while giving Moscow the dollars it needs,” the Trump Administration’s official wrote.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order enacting an\u00a0additional 25% tariff<\/a>\u00a0on Indian goods, explicitly targeting India’s ongoing imports of Russian crude oil. The overall 50% tariff on Indian goods will take effect 21 days after August 6.<\/p>\n

The U.S. and India have been trying to negotiate a trade deal, but a planned meeting for next week has been called off, sources told Reuters<\/a> this weekend. This could delay an agreement and erase hopes that the steep U.S. tariff on imports of Indian goods could be reduced soon.<\/p>\n

In the op-ed in FT, Navarro slammed India’s high tariffs, “along with a dense web of non-tariff barriers that punish American workers and businesses” and have led to a massive U.S. trade deficit with India.<\/p>\n

“And here’s the kicker: India is using those US trade dollars to buy Russian oil,” Navarro said.<\/p>\n

Indian state-owned refiners are waiting for government guidance on how to proceed with Russian oil purchases, but many have started to source alternative supplies<\/a> following the U.S. tariff threats.<\/p>\n

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