Trump’s Trade Adviser Says India Must Stop Buying Russian Oil
India should halt purchases of Russian crude oil as the trade undermines efforts to isolate Moscow, the White House trade adviser Peter Navarro wrote in an op-ed published in the Financial Times on Monday. The world’s third-largest crude oil importer, India, has significantly boosted Russian oil imports since 2022, when Russia’s oil was banned in the West. Russia currently accounts for about a third of India’s oil purchases, becoming the single largest crude supplier to India. “India’s dependence on Russian crude is…