The US had thought by putting a tariff of 25 % on India, that it would probably bring India on his knees. But the real twist of the story came when Russia stood as a shield for India without naming and told the world to do whatever you want to do.
Now it does not matter. This one statement shook America. Actually, Donald Trump made another explosion. Announced to impose 25 percent import duty on India. The aim was to scare India, pressurize and break its strategic partnership with Russia. But if Trump did not stop here, the US Congress is preparing to bring a bunker buster bill with up to 500 percent. But instead of bowing down, India prepared a field with silence and friend came in the field. Kremlin spokesman Dimati Peskov said that we have been facing sanctions for so many years that now our economy has become a habit of it. These sentences were not a slap on the face of America’s trade strategy. After this, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Jakarova said that the US and its western allies are taking so many repeated steps that they are starting to look bored.
Without naming India, Russia bluntly told America that we are standing with them. This is the same in the language of diplomacy, the strategic messaging with out atribution i.e. neither friendship nor rhetoric, just indicate not to consider India as the lone. Trump’s tariff came but India is quiet. No press conference or no tweet war. India has prepared a silent shield in the last three years. Through the Rupee-root transaction, the dollar has started trading in a second currency bypassing it. Apart from this, India has now formed deep trade relations with UAE-Saudi Arabia, Africa, Central Asia through multi-level trade networks. That is, if one door is closed then ten new doors will open. The stratjic petroleum reserve i.e. Russia is storing cheaply purchased oil in its SPR. Even in a situation like war, 60 days of energy security, 14 technology deal and while America is stopping, India is doing a deal with Japan, France, Russia, UAE.
The bill with a 500% tariff proposed on countries trading from Russia is pending in the US Parliament. This bill has been brought by Republican Lindsay Graham and Democratic Richard Bluememental Bills. It is supported by 85 out of 100 senators. It will be voted in September or October. Riblican and Democratic Senators are in favor of strict sanctions on countries trading with Russia. It is being named secondary tariff. That is, in addition to tariffs, tariffs are proposed to be punitively imposed. For the first time, Trump took a tough decision on Putin: Senior Fellow Michael Kugalman of the Asia Pacific Foundation said, “Trump has taken a tough decision for the first time on military equipment and oil purchase between India and Russia.” Trump has imposed a penalty on India in view of the Russia factor. On this occasion, this announcement of Trump is like a big shock for India in a way, because India and America have been getting closer for some time. Especially when Trump had a very close relationship between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and him in his first term.