White House trade advisor Peter Naro has continued to justify 50% tariff on Indian imports of US President Donald Trump, even in force in heavy duties. Despite India’s claim on oil trade with Russia, Navaro repeatedly attacked New Delhi to continue trade, repeating his “Londromat” charge.
In a series of tweets on Friday, Navaro tried to defend the US tariff move against India, and claimed that an oil lobby has “changed the world’s largest democracy in the world to” a large -scale refinement and oil money laundromat for the Kremlin “.
Navarro wrote, “Indian refiners buy cheap Russian oil, process it, and export fuel to Europe, Africa and Asia – away from restrictions under the pretense of neutrality.”
Many of the comments he made in X Thread was similar to the allegations in which he was earlier involved, which indirectly promoted war in Ukraine in India.
He has long alleged that Russia uses the money received through oil selling oil to India in Ukraine. Alleging that India increased its oil purchases from Russia to 30% now, from only 1% before Ukraine’s invasion, Navarro wrote, “This bounce is not motivated by domestic demand – it is powered by Indian profits and carries an additional cost of blood and destruction in Ukraine.”
He also accused India of using US dollars to buy concessional Russian crude. He wrote, “American consumers buy Indian goods, while India excludes American exports through high tariffs and non-tariff barriers,” he wrote.
Not only oil trade, Navaro also targeted India to buy military equipment from Russia, calling the move a strategic “freeliding”.
“India continues to buy Russian weapons – while demanding that American firms move sensitive military technology and manufacture plants in India,” he wrote.
This comment is a latest in a series of comments made against India in the past, such as “Maharaja of Tariff”, Country “Xi Jinping for Jinping” and Russia-Ukraine struggle “Modi’s war”.
While Navaro has continued to target India on Russian oil trade, New Delhi has long clarified that its energy deals are offered in markets and being prevalent in global conditions.
