Trump Announces 25 Percent Tariff on India, Slams Trade Relationship With Russia

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Trump’s next goal

US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States will impose a 25 percent tariff in India starting August 1. Despite five rounds of negotiations, India has not yet been able to secure a better deal. Although the new average is just a percentage point less than the original amount threatened in April, Washington shows that it seeks an aggressive strategy to help reduce the USA’s trade deficit with India.

Welcome again to world brief, where we look at it we Threats of tariffs against IndiaA huge earthquake in India and the PacificAnd Thailand‘sand CambodiaFragile ceasefire deal.

Trump’s next goal

US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States will impose a 25 percent tariff in India starting August 1. Despite five rounds of negotiations, India has not yet been able to secure a better deal. Although the new average is just a percentage point less than the original amount threatened in April, Washington shows that it seeks an aggressive strategy to help reduce the USA’s trade deficit with India.

“Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, have done relatively few businesses with them because their tariffs are very high, among the highest in the world, and they have the most heavy and uncomfortable commercial barriers in any country,” Trump was actually published on Wednesday. In 2024, India was the largest trading partner in the United States, and the US trade deficit with the country was $ 45.7 billion.

In addition to a 25 percent tariff, Trump threatened on Wednesday to impose an additional “penalty” to continue to buy India from Russian oil, energy and military equipment. It is not clear what this punishment might be, but experts believe that it may consist of a 100 percent secondary tariff that the White House threatened to put it on some of the largest commercial partners in Russia, including China, India and Brazil.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began widely in February 2022, Moscow has become the largest oil supplier in India. Between January and June this year, Russia made up about 35 percent of the total oil supplies in India, according to Reuters data. Since Trump’s efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine have failed and began the US President to lose his patience with the stubbornness of Russian President Vladimir Putin, there was an increasing appetite in Washington to cut this vital source of revenues to pressure the Kremlin to get serious about peace.

“This is what I would like to tell China, India and Brazil: if you continue to buy cheap Russian oil to allow this war to continue, we will define hell from you and we will crush your economy, because what you do is blood money.”

Likewise, Trump threatened to impose more penalties on Moscow during the next two weeks if Putin failed to progress towards a ceasefire with Ukraine.

The use of commercial threats to accomplish economic and diplomatic ambitions is a good strategy for the Trump administration. Since announcing its plan to negotiate “90 deals in 90 days” in April, the administration has made many bilateral trade agreements, including the United Kingdom, the European Union, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

On Tuesday, US and Chinese officials also agreed to continue discussions to extend a 90 -day trade truce that is scheduled to end in mid -August; The initial deal raised the US duties on China from 145 percent to a total of 55 percent, and Chinese duties on the United States were reduced from 125 percent to 10 percent, comfortable restrictions on rare land, and technological exports.

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A huge earthquake. An earthquake measuring 8.8 hugged eastern Russia early on Wednesday, as he sent tsunami across the Pacific and forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes. The tremor was one of the largest earthquakes ever. Multiple shocks – up to 6.9 – followed the first earthquake. The subsequent tremors caused the flow of lava from the Russian Cleshievsia Sobika, which is the largest active volcano in the northern hemisphere.

Although no death or severe damage was reported in the wake of the primary earthquake, to a large extent due to the densely densely populated East, scientists have warned that the tsunami effect may last for hours or even longer, as strong currents and high waves still affect the coasts.

Officials issued tsunami alerts in more than ten Indian countries in the Pacific Ocean, including Russia; Japan; The Philippines Australia; New Zealand; The Islands and Territories of the Smaller Ocean, such as Fiji, French Paulisia, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuato; Chilean Colombia Ecuador Canada; Mexico and American states in Hawaii, Alaska, California, Oregon and Washington. Some of these sites have since raised their warnings.

Border skirmishes. Thailand and Cambodia again confirmed the fragile ceasefire deal on Wednesday, just hours after each other accused of violating the armistice. The advertisement-in which Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Sun and Idung-showed the suppression of bubble tensions along the 510 miles, which allowed some of more than 260,000 people with a stage of fighting to start returning home.

Five days of deadly clashes ended on Monday, when Thai officials and Kakbud agreed to the “immediate and unconditional” ceasefire. But by Tuesday, the Thailand army accused the Cambodian forces of firing attacks in several locations, and on Wednesday, the exchange of fire was reported again. He denied sleeping between these allegations.

Meanwhile, Cambodia, Thailand of seizing more than 20 Cambodi soldiers. “One of our soldiers was able to escape,” said Major General Kamboudi Chan Cevxtra. “We doubt that two others have died, but the rest are still being held by the Thai army, without any signs at all from this day.” A spokesman for the Thai government, Geraio Hongsop, said that the Thai forces were carrying 18 Cambodians who surrendered in the Cisacket Province in Thailand, adding that it would be returned after a permanent ceasefire.

Life restrictions. On Wednesday, Australia added to the list of social media platforms that will require at least 16 -year -old account holders, starting in December. Australian Communications Minister Anika Wells said on Wednesday: “The evidence cannot be ignored that 4 out of 10 Australian children reported that their last harm was on YouTube,” Australian Communications Minister Annika Wells said on Wednesday. “We will not be afraid of legal threats when this is a real battle for the welfare of Australian children.”

Australia has become the first country to impose restrictions on age on social media platforms last November, with legislation targeting Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Tiktok and X; YouTube was initially excluded from the rules. Under this policy, platforms will face fines of about 33 million dollars starting from December 10 because of “failure to take responsible steps” to prevent account holders under the legal age.

YouTube spokesman launched on the new border the “clear public commitment” to Canberra to process the platform as an educational tool, but it did not refer to the possible legal threats from Alphabet.

Difficulties end

This is how all the treasures hunting stories begin. In February 2024, a student passing through remote Scottish beaches in the Orange Islands discovered a wooden ship basket flowing across the sand. After more excavation and analysis, the scientists confirmed last Wednesday that the ship is HMS HindA British warship in the eighteenth century is used during the American revolution before it was re -hunted in fishing in the Arctic under a new name, Earl Chatham. The ship’s storm was destroyed in 1788, although all 56 crew survived.