India and China pushed back against the White House’s threats to impose secondary tariffs on countries buying Russian oil. New Delhi and Beijing are among the biggest importers of energy from Moscow. US President Donald Trump has promised 100% duties on imports from any country that buys oil from Russia.

As on August 1, China had the highest effective tariff rate (ETR) of the US’s major trading partners, with India having a comparative advantage of around 20 percentage points

President Trump’s executive order carved out a special tariff on goods shipped indirectly to the United States by way of other countries.