Haley questions Trump’s trade moves with China, India

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley questioned President Trump’s trade moves with China and India on Tuesday, warning the U.S. shouldn’t “burn” its relationship with India.

“India should not be buying oil from Russia. But China, an adversary and the number one buyer of Russian and Iranian oil, got a 90-day tariff pause,” Haley wrote in a post on the social platform X. 

“Don’t give China a pass and burn a relationship with a strong ally like India,” she added.

Trump said Monday he would raise tariffs on India for buying and selling oil from Moscow, asserting the country did not care about the Ukrainian casualties in the Russian war.

Trump did not say the amount the tariff will rise on India. He previously said he would impose a 25 percent tariff on the South Asian country in July.

“India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian Oil, they are then, for much of the Oil purchased, selling it on the Open Market for big profits,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. 

“They don’t care how many people in Ukraine are being killed by the Russian War Machine,” he added. “Because of this, I will be substantially raising the Tariff paid by India to the USA.”

In May, the United States and China said they agreed to a 90-day pause on a majority of retaliatory tariffs imposed on each other since the beginning of April, when Trump unveiled his expansive global tariff plan and ratcheted up his trade war with China.

American and Chinese officials last week agreed to continued discussions on extending tariff rates via the 90-day truce.

The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.