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JUst as republic of india and the European unification (EU) finalised their release merchandise accord in a big move to counter Donald Trump's tariff-driven trade policy, the US has doubled down on allegations that India's oil trade with Russia finances the war in EU-backed Ukraine.“We have put 25 per cent tariffs on India for buying Russian oil. Guess what happened last week? The Europeans signed a trade deal with India,” US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview on Sunday, US local time. The India-EU deal, it must be noted, has not yet been signed but was declared as "finalised for legal scrubbing of the text" in New Delhi.In all, the Trump administration has imposed 50 per cent tariffs on India, including 25 per cent over the issue of Russian oil.Bessent theorised that European countries are financing a war “against themselves” by purchasing refined Russian oil products from India. "Just to be clear again, the Russian oil goes into India, the refined products come out, and the Europeans buy the refined products. They are financing the war against themselves,” he said, adding that under Trump's leadership, “we will eventually end” the Russia-Ukraine war.President Trump has worked to negotiate a settlement on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Bessent noted, adding that the US has made “much bigger sacrifices” than the Europeans.India and the European Union are set to formally announce on January 27 the conclusion of negotiations and finalisation of the trade agreement, aimed at boosting economic ties between the two regions at a time of disruption due to US tariffs. The talks started way back in 2007.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who is currently in India and was a chief guest at the 77th Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, termed the EU-India FTA as the “mother of all trade deals”.

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