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India Rejects President Trump Tariff Pressure, Pledges to Continue Purchasing Russian Oil
Conservative Treehouse ^ | August 27, 2025 | Sundance

Posted on 08/27/2025 5:27:42 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

India is now facing a 50% import tariff against the majority of their goods (electronics and pharmaceuticals exempted). However, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed not to yield to the pressure. Modi said the world was witnessing a “politics of economic selfishness.”

For approximately a decade many western countries including the U.S. have heaped effusive praise on India as corporations viewed the massive Indian population, the world’s largest democracy, as both workers and consumers. However, after the western sanctions against Russia were delivered, India -a BRICS nation- began pulling back from western alignment and influence.

What we are witnessing now is one of the ramifications of the U.S. forcefully putting an “us or them” aspect into the strategic economic relationship, where “them” is Russia. Currently, India is not flinching.

One could make the argument that undeveloped regions in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) contain the majority of the valuable rare earth minerals and magnets the ‘western’ nations need for manufacturing. BRICS has a pressure point to apply leverage, but no global trade currency, if the trade conflict escalates.

INDIA – Steep U.S. tariffs on a range of Indian products took effect Wednesday, threatening a serious blow to India’s overseas trade in its largest export market.

President Donald Trump had initially announced a 25% tariff on Indian goods. But earlier this month he signed an executive order imposing an additional 25% tariff due to India’s purchases of Russian oil, bringing the combined tariffs imposed by the U.S. on its ally to 50%.

The Indian government estimates the tariffs will impact $48.2 billion worth of exports. Officials have warned the new duties could make shipments to the U.S. commercially unviable, triggering job losses and slower economic growth.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: deportindians; india; multiplenicks; randpaulsucks; russianoil; russiantrollfarm; tariffs; ukraine; war

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To: Carry_Okie

Well, there’s no hole. You can just resume buying Russian oil. The world consumed about 1 million barrels per day more than it produced last year in the raw data. Some of that gets explained away by the measurement of what is enroute on tankers and some by virtue of a difference in density of the liquid that will define itself in two different sort of volumes. A barrel is a measure of volume.

If the world needed 5 million barrels per day more right now where could it go get it? The question has to be more clear. Most of the developed world has strategic petroleum reserves. They are designed to provide that countries consumption for a number of months, and I think it’s usually three. So the whole world could drain their spr’s and probably come up with 5 million barrels per day, but 90 days later you’re right back where you were.

Most talk about capacity and how that capacity is above current production relies on surging output by tapping storage not just below ground but above ground. This is been the traditional way that the Saudis have quoted capacity that was above their current production. They just drained there above ground storage, and that runs out in a matter of weeks.

So that’s the clarification in question. If you need 5 million barrels per day more than you can get now how long do you need it. If it’s forever . . . Probably no.

The oil desperation scenario has always included shutting off all capitalism and acknowledging the desperation and sending troops to force oil workers to places they don’t want to go like the Arctic. Profitability not an issue. If you have to have the oil, and you do have to have the oil, whether or not you can pay for it is irrelevant.

No telling how long that lasts.


41 posted on 08/27/2025 11:04:13 PM PDT by Owen
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To: cpdiii

This is a capitalist country at least for now. Unless Newsom becomes president, Supply & demand will govern wage levels.


42 posted on 08/27/2025 11:07:17 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (Term limits will get rid of corrupt politicians faster than delivery of Jimmy Johns sandwich)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

India and Pakistan are bitter enemies. Historically, for unfathomable reasons to me, the USA has treated Pakistan as an ally.

India and China are enemies. Russia has used that to build ties with India.

India rejected its colonial master the UK, although maintains ties with that country.

The US should pressure the UK and the EU to step up if they truly want to stop the Russia war in Ukraine.


43 posted on 08/28/2025 12:39:47 AM PDT by Robert357
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To: SecondAmendment

“End H1-b visas now !”

I saw a pundit discussion of cutting of H1b visas and remittances to enforce the oil policy. The pundits pundated that the president had to find something that would not provoke a response that he’d find politically difficult to deal with. They discussed the amount of money involved as well as the political blowback involved in the various options. The tariffs were the safest thing Trump could do without suffering damaging political blowback.


44 posted on 08/28/2025 3:47:05 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud. Sorry. )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Scumville won’t comply huh?


45 posted on 08/28/2025 4:12:50 AM PDT by cp124 (Bring back the Constitution.)
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To: mac_truck

No, it’s the biggest shithole on earth.


46 posted on 08/28/2025 4:14:22 AM PDT by cp124 (Bring back the Constitution.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Fine. Terminate all H1B visas with immediate effect and give them one week to return home or face mandatory deportation.


47 posted on 08/28/2025 4:19:04 AM PDT by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct!)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

India is aligned with Russia and their mortal enemy, Pakistan is aligned with China...that might explain some of their actions.


48 posted on 08/28/2025 5:47:53 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

India was already in the Axis camp. It’s called BRICS.


49 posted on 08/28/2025 6:09:32 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: IndianChief

I was speaking of government response and not so much the response of the average Indian citizen.


50 posted on 08/28/2025 7:21:50 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: IndianChief

I agree completely with students from the PRC - that is a national security issue for me (especially in the STEM fields).


51 posted on 08/28/2025 7:24:25 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Tax remittances to India.
Tariff outsourcing to India.
Tariff software development from India.


52 posted on 08/29/2025 11:14:30 AM PDT by bobcat62
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