I explain how it has less to do with Indian purchases of Russian oil than with the Administration’s “warrior protectionism” and attempt to bully India into economic concessions. The other panellists, Ambassador Deepak Vohra and Dr. Rajan Kumar, also highlight the tactics of the Administration and the economic illiteracy of Donald Trump. Watch from 37:05:UPDATE, AUG 8:Donald Trump has raised his tariff on India from 25% to 50%, citing its purchases of Russian oil amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. UPDATE, AUG 1: On Thursday, Donald Trump trashed India — soon to be the world’s third-largest economic power — as a “dead economy” as he declared a 25% tariff on Indian exports to the US. I assessed the damage to US-Indian relations, and consider how India will be part of a global realignment bypassing Washington.