Why Trump is really targeting India
https://www.ft.com/content/dfba92c3-523a-41b2-b940-d10c2ccb340e
Ashok Malik notes:
India is not the only nation trading with Russia, not even in the narrow energy sector. China is the biggest importer of its crude oil and coal. The EU is the largest customer of Russian LNG and pipeline gas. The EU’s LNG imports from Russia have risen in the past year, reaching record levels. Turkey receives crude oil, oil products and pipeline gas. Surely these countries don’t get energy supplies for free from the Russians?
Are America’s hands clean? Despite the Ukraine war, the US continues to import fertilisers from Russia for its farmers, as well as from Belarus. It buys Russian uranium and plutonium for its nuclear industry. Its electronic and automobile industries source palladium from Russia.
https://www.ft.com/content/dfba92c3-523a-41b2-b940-d10c2ccb340e
Ashok Malik notes:
India is not the only nation trading with Russia, not even in the narrow energy sector. China is the biggest importer of its crude oil and coal. The EU is the largest customer of Russian LNG and pipeline gas. The EU’s LNG imports from Russia have risen in the past year, reaching record levels. Turkey receives crude oil, oil products and pipeline gas. Surely these countries don’t get energy supplies for free from the Russians?
Are America’s hands clean? Despite the Ukraine war, the US continues to import fertilisers from Russia for its farmers, as well as from Belarus. It buys Russian uranium and plutonium for its nuclear industry. Its electronic and automobile industries source palladium from Russia.
By conflating corporate trade with national policy, the White House is undermining the U.S.-India relationship.