How Trump's 50% tariffs on India and threats to Putin impact Ukraine war

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President Donald Trump’s trade policies are starting to intersect directly with the War in Ukraine. This week, Trump announced that Indian imports would be hit with a massive 50 per cent tariff – up from the expected 25 per cent. He accused India of “fuelling the war machine” after the country imported Russian Federation Oil. This all comes as Trump’s threats to Vladimir Putin – who he sees as stifling peace efforts and approaching negotiations in bad faith – have been cranked up a notch. Putin has been given until Friday, 8th August, to agree a ceasefire with Ukraine, with the threat that Trump will impose sweeping secondary tariffs if he doesn’t. Read more of the story here 👇 https://www.cityam.com/trump-hikes-india-tariffs-to-50-per-cent-for-fuelling-russian-war-machine/ Get more of City AM 👇 🌐 http://www.cityam.com X(formerly Twitter): http://twitter.com/CityAM Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cityam Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/city_am LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/cityam Produced by: Matt Kenyon, Joseph Curay Teneda, Emmanuel Nwosu #trump #putin #india #usa #russia #ukraine #ukrainewar #russiaukrainewar #world #news #worldnews #politics #politicalnews #economy #economics #business #businessnews #finance #financialnews #tariffs #trade #oil #gas #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #zelenskyy #modi #narendramodi #trending