'Taken note of India's warning that new US tariffs could impact ties'
Washington, Sept. 26 -- US has taken note of India's warning that the passage of Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act - which threatens up to 100% tariffs on top 5 purchasers of Russian energy that likely includes India - could have an adverse impact on the US-India relationship, a senior State Department official indicated.
"Of course, the Indian government has to respond. Congress took a pretty hard approach, especially publicly. You had members of Congress calling out India in particular, so of course India has to respond. We understand that they have a domestic constituency, as do we. Like there's no sort of hard feelings on any of that kind of activity," said the official.
Following the passage of the Russia sanctions bill in the US House o...
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