Overview

• Rutte made the remarks in a CNN interview at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
• Last month, President Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50%, including a 25% penalty linked to imports of discounted Russian crude.
• Rutte said the tariff measures are having a big impact on Russia.
• India has called the U.S. action unfair, unjustified and unreasonable, as its trade team held talks in New York on a proposed bilateral deal.
• News18 reported no immediate response from Indian or Russian officials to Rutte’s comments, and Russia’s top diplomat accused NATO and the EU at the UN of pursuing a real war via Ukraine.