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Trump's Tariff War Will Push India Closer to Russia, China: Ex-NSA
The New Indian Express Coimbatore
|August 10, 2025
FORMER US National Security Advisor John Bolton has warned that punitive tariffs imposed on India could backfire strategically, pushing New Delhi closer to Russia and China, the very outcome decades of American diplomacy have sought to avoid.
In an interview with CNN, Bolton said: "Trump's tariffs against India are intended to hurt Russia, but they could push India closer to Russia and to China to oppose these tariffs."
He warned that Trump's leniency towards China while taking a heavy-handed approach with India was undermining long-term US interests.
This story is from the August 10, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Coimbatore.
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