- Web Desk
- Aug 11, 2025
India says hiked Trump tariffs over Russian oil are unfair
NEW DELHI: India’s external affairs ministry condemned additional US tariffs imposed over its Russian oil purchases as “extremely unfortunate” on Wednesday, calling the move “unfair, unjustified and unreasonable”.
Read more: India gets another 25pc US tariff over Russian oil purchases
“Our imports are based on market factors and done with the overall objective of ensuring the energy security of 1.4 billion people of India,” it said in a statement.
“It is therefore extremely unfortunate that the US should choose to impose additional tariffs on India for actions that several other countries are also taking in their own national interest.”
The statement came as Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said the need for a fair and multipolar global order.
“Our collective desire is to see a fair and representative global order, not one dominated by a few,” he said after Prime Minister Narendra failed to get the desired treatment from US President Donald Trump.
Despite the tall claims, India is now more or less isolated on the global stage.
That’s why a source said Wednesday that Modi will visit China for the first time in over seven years for a summit of the multilateral Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) that begins on Aug 31.
However, the external affairs ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Last year, Modi had skipped the SCO summit held in Islamabad, but it seems the tensions with the US may force him to change his priorities.
FRUSTRATED SHASHI THAROOR
Meanwhile, Shashi Tharoor, who unlike his party leader Rahul Gandhi, has been happy with being associated with Modi, also joined those complaining over the treatment at the hands of Trump.
“I don’t think that’s particularly good news for us and that takes our total tariffs to 50 per cent then that’s going to make our goods unaffordable to a lot of people in America,” he told journalists.
In this context, he mentioned the advantage the competitors will now have over India.
His remarks are totally different to what Rahul earlier in the day pointed to a nexus between Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and Modi, which leads to the Russian oil imports.
Read more: US probe into Adani means Modi can’t resist Trump: Rahul
Meanwhile, Tharoor also mentioned “doubled standard”.
Showing his frustration, he said “this has not been a particularly friendly gesture from a country we thought was well disposed towards us, an administration that we thought was well disposed.”
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