India has also come under Trump’s fire as a member of intergovernmental grouping BRICS, which is led by U.S.-sanctioned countries Russia, China and Iran, as well as Brazil and South Africa. Trump threatened an additional 10% tariff on BRICS members, which he said were aligning themselves against the U.S.

Beijing and New Delhi continue to defy U.S. sanctions on Russian crude, much of which is funneled through a growing fleet of untracked "ghost ships."

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will substantially raise tariffs on goods from India over its purchases of Russian oil. "India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian Oil, they are then,