What Is Trump Aiming to Achieve With Tariffs on India?

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00:00What's President Trump aiming to achieve here with these hefty tariffs that have just taken effect on India?

00:06Well, I think he's, you know, first of all, we've had a number of trade disputes with India down through the years.

00:11They run a fairly significant trade surplus with the United States, and that's been a concern of the U.S. government for a long time.

00:17But I think he's also been very much affected by the ongoing trade between the U.S., between India and Russia.

00:24And he's made very clear that he's not happy with India buying so much Russian oil.

00:29He feels like that's supporting some of the activities that Russia is undertaking in Ukraine.

00:34And I think this is part of an effort to get them to engage and to take that issue more seriously.