Updated on: August 21, 2025 08:42 am IST
Nikki Haley warned that the Trump administration’s relations with India are at a significant point, emphasizing the need to strengthen the relationship to fight China.
Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley has warned that the Donald Trump administration relations with India are on “disturbing Inflexion Point”, taking care of allowing business tension to derail a partnership to counter China.
In public With Bill Drexel, a partner of the Hudson Institute for Newsweek, Nikki Haley wrote that strengthening relations with India is important for America’s Asia’s strategy, warning that “25 years of speed with the only country that can act as a counterweight for Chinese dominance in Asia, a” strategic disaster “.
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US President Donald Trump on August 6 signed an executive order, implementing an additional 25 percent tariff on imports from India, in response to India, “directly or indirectly” imported oil from Russia. It is higher than 25 percent of tariffs on Indian imports, which was approved by Trump on 31 July.
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What Nikki Haley wrote: 5 major takeaairs
- Tariff Stress: Nikki Haley criticized the Trump administration’s 25 percent tariff threat on Indian goods and Russian oil imports, calling it upside down. “Trump is right to target India’s mass procurement of Russian oil,” he said, but warned India to behave like an opponent instead of a partner “would be a large scale and prevention.”
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- India vs China: Haley argued that India should not be done with Beijing. Haley wrote, “India should be treated as precious free and a democratic partner, not an opponent like China,” stating that China has survived similar restrictions despite being a top buyer of Russian oil.
- Strategic importance: On supply chains, Haley emphasized India’s scale and capacity: “India stands alone in its ability to manufacture on a scale like China for products that cannot be produced here quickly or efficiently, such as clothes, cheap phones and solar panels.”
- Defense and Safety Relations: The former US envoy of the United Nations underlined India’s growing role in global security, stating that its expansion with the US and allies makes defense cooperation “an important property for the protection of the free world”.
- Advice to India: He advised India to take the talk of US President Donald Trump seriously on Russian oil and work with the White House to find a solution. He urged Donald Trump to “reverse the spiral” and have a direct conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Get better soon,” he said. He said, “The administration should focus on the rift with India and focus on paying more high-level attention and resources to the relationship-given that the US is dedicated to China or Israel.”
