Washington DC, Oct. 18 -- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said European countries refused Washington's request to impose secondary tariffs on India and China for purchasing Russian oil, questioning why the United States should bear the economic burden of pressuring Moscow alone.

Bessent, in an interview with NBC, said the Trump administration had approached its European allies in the spring to seek coordinated action against countries importing Russian energy.

"So we have asked-in the spring, I asked our European allies to join us in putting secondary tariffs on China, on India. They refused. So why should the US bear the burden?" Bessent said.

He added that US President Donald Trump wanted the fighting in Ukraine to stop and t...