Responding to a question on potential US tariffs against India under the Lindsey Graham Bill, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump would “work it out.”
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He had announced, the day before he died, that the administration and the bill’s key Senate backers had finally reached a deal on the package. The Senate took its first procedural vote on the package in the hours after Graham’s DC funeral, CNN reported The passage of the Bill came days after late Senator Graham passed away.
‘Got firebombed by Indians on Russian oil remarks’: Navarro
“…The President and your Prime Minister have a very good working relationship. The Bill, which carries the name of late Senator Lindsey Graham , can impose tariffs on the top five countries that purchase Russian crude oil and natural gas, which includes India and China. Navarro reiterated his stance on the matter, saying, “With respect to your question, the president and your Prime Minister have a very good working relationship. They are going to work that out amongst themselves, and it’s not for me or any gaggle to get between that.
They are going to work that out amongst themselves, and it’s not for me to get between that…,” Navarro told ANI news agency, in response to a question on the Russia Sanctions Bill supported by Trump, which could levy upto 100 per cent tariffs on India.
“During the Ukraine -Russia war, 6-8 months ago, I think I wrote wrote an op-ed in the Financial Times, which absolutely factually correctly pointed out that prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, India was not involved in the oil trade with Russia, but afterwards it got heavily involved and was selling a lot of refined products on behalf of Russia, which helped feed the war machine,” Navarro said. Apart from countries purchasing Russia’s crude and natural gas, it can also place mandatory sanctions on top figures in the Russian government, including President Vladimir Putin, and foreign companies supporting Russia’s defence industrial base, according to a CNN report.
