White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro criticises India for high tariffs and energy ties with Russia, highlighting tensions with the US.

The White House's abrupt move to double duties on Indian goods over its Russian oil purchases came with little warning and no clear path forward.

New Delhi, India is a "Maharaj" in tariffs and it is running a "profiteering scheme" by using discounted Russian crude oil, White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro has said, in yet another sharp criticism of New Delhi.

I love India. Look, [President Narendra] Modi is a great leader. But please, please India, like, look at what is, what your role here is in the globa

By Rishika Sadam HYDERABAD, India/GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (Reuters) -On India's southern coast, V. Srinivas thrived for two decades by farming shrimp, as the country became the top supplier of the delicacy to the United States.

White House trade advisor Peter Navarro claimed that India "didn't not need" Russian oil --- and accused New Delhi of refusing to "recognise its role in the bloodshed".

Chinese Ambassador Xu Feihong said that the US had long benefited from free trade but was now using tariffs as bargaining chips. He stated that the US had imposed tariffs of up to 50% on India and that China firmly opposed it.

The envoy’s remarks reflected the sudden thaw in India-China relations against the backdrop of growing strains between New Delhi and Washington

US economist Jeffrey Sachs has doubled down on his criticism of the Donald Trump administration's move to impose 50 per cent punitive tariffs on India, calling the American President the great unifier of the BRICS.