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Posted on 08/27/2025 3:59:40 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Donald Trump has imposed a hefty 50% tariff on Indian goods, a move prompted by India's continued purchase of Russian oil. This action endangers over half of India's exports to its biggest market.
According to New Delhi, the tariffs that come into effect today (Wednesday, August 27) will impact £35.8billion ($48.2bn) worth of exports.
Initially, the US President announced a 25% tariff on Indian goods. However, earlier this month, he signed an executive order for an additional 25% tariff in response to India's purchases of Russian oil. This brings the total tariffs levied by the United States on its ally to 50%.
Indian officials have cautioned that the new duties could render shipments to the US commercially unviable, leading to job losses and a slowdown in economic growth.
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correction, India GDP growth 6% on $3.78T. That trade surplus with the US is small potatoes. It’s mostly drugs.
So they shut off that surplus. The damage is not impressive.
Not wise at all—you just made Russia a new ally. A new member of the Axis—How does the USN look facing the combined might of the Chinese, Russian and Indian Navies?
Hit a homer over the far field fence. Even here on this forum with many well informed, a "shiny object" often drags attention off of actualities which those "powers that be" would rather we 1) did not notice, or 2) got sidetracked away from considering further.
As regards this thread, the US and Europe, which is more than just the EU, continue to do business with "the enemy." Or by now "enemies," according to some. And at the same time, we and they growl about them doing business, all the while we do.
I'd estimate that, by 2028, the "added" will be closer to $40 trillion."
Given that so many are innumerate, such numbers are unfathomable.
I don’t think US needs India for anything. China is needed for rare earths and is a major trading partner and US should continue to engage china in trade negotiations.
Applying pressure on India doesn’t harm US especially when done in conjunction with allies.
Getting the Ukraine war over would be of great benefit to the world.
Russia won’t stop unless its economy is significantly harmed.
That is the simplest and most direct explanation of our situation and why. Thanks.
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The US receives approximately 30-40% of India's total pharmaceutical exports, with figures citing around 31.35% to 40% in recent reports from April to August 2025. This makes the US the largest export market for Indian-manufactured pharmaceuticals, primarily supplying the US with generic drug products.
Revoke all visas and work permits. Give each person a free flight home and appeal to their patriotism. India needs you Ravi.
Here is a contrary point of view from a rank Trump hater who is full of statistics without much specific attribution but who nevertheless serves up some food for thought.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fREvE3BZnb0&ab_channel=War%26Politics24
What point are you trying to make.
Just say what his point is.
Fine
Primary stat leaned on was this new number I had not seen before, that 17% of Russian refinery capacity was erased.
I have noticed the text in the media, whenever there is an announcement that a refinery was hit, with a little stream of smoke upwards in the distance from what is said to be a refinery, I look it up and the refining throughput in barrels/day is quoted to be 100% ended from that refinery. No partial shutdowns. 100%. They look up the refinery throughput and declare it all wiped out.
Forever. And I say forever because this new 17% number is the sum of all such reports going back . . . at least 6 months, maybe all 3 yrs. There is never any presumption the silly thing just gets repaired, and they are not difficult to repair. It’s a tank of crude over a natgas burner to boil the crude.
If you hit the tank, and it catches fire, you twist a valve and shut off the crude input, put out the fire, and replace the tank.
These are drones. They have no significant payload. If they had significant payload, they would have no range.
Bottom line, the video is based on 17% and that’s somewhat absurd. Just checked an AI for time of repair. Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery that has 300K bpd throughput was hit Aug 19 and planned to be back online Mid Sept. Today they moved that date up a week.
The weapons are not 500 lb Mk82s. They don’t do big damage.
Indian officials have cautioned that the new duties could render shipments to the US commercially unviable, leading to job losses and a slowdown in economic growth.
Fine
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India had 6% GDP growth last year and the US surplus is $45 billion out of a GDP of $3.78 Trillion. This is small potatoes. India will do as it pleases. The US doesn’t have much influence.
Trump’s new slogan, MAKING BRICS GREAT AGAIN.
“I don’t know how. You can never trust them.”
Who can you trust? The UK and Europe is now CRIMINALIZING speech in a way that would make Stalin blush. But at least you stay friendly, particularly if the country isn’t threatening you in any way. But it seems there’s no room for that with either the Democrats or the Neocons - either take orders from us, are you are the enemy.
Yeah. Not surprised you propagate Chicom talking points.
Not really but India feels like it has been pushed to a corner and comments from Trump & some of his officials are seen as insulting.
India was the most pro-US, pro-Trump country in the world. Modi was among the first to meet Trump and start negotiations on a trade deal. By most accounts, they had reached a deal with Lutnick & Bessent who then presented it to Trump for final approval. Trump pushed for more access in agriculture and dairy, probably buoyed by deals with Indonesia, Europe & Japan. Agriculture & dairy are politically an impossible ask for the Indian government. Trump them announced 25% tariff on India and used harsh language while threatening additional tariff for purchasing Russian Oil, a topic that nobody from the Trump administration had raised with India before that. Nobody in India believes that this is about Russian oil, more that it is a pressure tactic to get India to buckle on trade. The ask from Trump on agriculture and Dairy cant be met by any Indian government and hence the stalemate.
Another important point is that unlike Japan or the EU, India is not an export led economy, rather an internal consumption led economy. International trade is only a small part of the economy and overall trade with US is less than 2% of India's GDP. The effect on India's economy if tariffs remain in place is estimated to be between 0.4 and 0.7 percent of GDP growth. Still a large figure and a loss that India would want to avoid but not debilitating. Certain sectors would feel pain, some more than others but overall economy is unlikely to hurt.
Russia has always had a close relation with India from the erstwhile USSR days. The US picked Pakistan as its ally and Russia/USSR became a major military supplier to India. Even today, some 55% of Indian equipment is of Russian/Soviet origin. This has reduced over the last 25 years with the US, France and Israel becoming substantial suppliers. For 25 years, from the last years of the Clinton administration, US and India have worked on a closer relationship. President Bush is widely credited as having played the most consequential part with a nuclear deal but all administrations, including the first Trump administration had deepened the relationship.
India & the US are in a couple of important groupings - QUAD (India,US,Australia & Japan) and I2U2(India, Israel, US and the UAE) and military cooperation between the two countries was at an all time high. The US does more military exercises with India than with any other country and US ships and aircraft routinely stop at Indian ports and airbases, especially near the Malacca straits.
During the recent operations against the Houthis, the US mustered up allies for a naval task force. A couple of the allies sent a ship each, others like Australia and Canada just sent a couple of personnel. India didn't join the task force but deployed over a dozen ships in the region, closely coordinating with the US.
Trump's actions and the imposition of tariffs have fundamentally damaged the relationship and the damage cannot be repaired over the near term. India, as a result of the US actions, is more likely to draw closer to Russia and trust between the US and India is at historically low levels. There are long term consequences to this relationship beyond just the present.
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