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Tariff Threats Don’t Work Against India, China, Says Russia As Trump Appears To Soften Stance

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By News18,Shankhyaneel Sarkar

Tariff Threats Don't Work Against India, China, Says Russia As Trump Appears To Soften Stance

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that US now understands that “pressure tactics” like threatening nations with tariffs do not work against “ancient civilisations” like India and China.
“Both China and India are ancient civilisations. And talking to them like ‘either you stop doing what I don’t like or I’ll impose tariffs on you’ won’t work. And the ongoing contacts between Beijing and Washington, between New Delhi and Washington, show that the American side understands it, too,” Lavrov said while speaking on Russia’s main Channel 1 TV programme, The Great Game.
Lavrov’s remarks come shortly after US President Donald Trump and members of his administration appeared to have toned down their rhetoric against India, tariffs imposed by the Trump administration and trade with India.
Earlier this year, as members of his administration labelled India the “Maharaja of Tariffs,” President Donald Trump doubled down with higher tariff rates, accusing New Delhi of funding the Ukraine war and penalising it for buying Russian crude.
The US President chose to highlight how close he is to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the United Kingdom.
“I am very close to India, I am very close to the PM of India. I spoke to him the other day. I wished him a happy Birthday. We have a very good relationship,” Trump said, while addressing a joint press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, according to a report by Hindustan Times.
The Russian Foreign Minister highlighted that Beijing and New Delhi resisted Washington’s demands and have taken steps keeping in mind their own national interests instead of caving in, adding that the threats have not been able to make these nations veer off course.
“Besides the fact that this undermines the economic well-being of those countries, it at least creates very serious difficulties for them, forcing them to seek new markets, new sources of energy supplies, (and) forcing them to pay higher prices. But beyond this, and perhaps even more importantly than this, there is a moral and political opposition to this approach,” he said.
‘No Problems Due To US Sanctions’
Amid threats of new sanctions on Russia, Lavrov said he does not see any problem.
“Frankly speaking, I don’t see any problem with the new sanctions imposed on Russia. An enormous amount of sanctions, unprecedented for that period, were imposed during President Donald Trump’s first term,” he said.
“We have started to draw conclusions from the situation when the West imposed these sanctions. Later, during President Joe Biden’s term, sanctions were used as a replacement for any diplomatic effort. There was no search for a compromise,” Lavrov said.