U.S. commerce deficit with 9 nations increased than with India, but 7 face decrease tariffs

The U.S. has levied the third-highest tariff on India among the many high 10 nations with which it has the best commerce deficits, an evaluation has revealed. In different phrases, whereas the U.S. has a better commerce deficit with 9 different nations than with India, it has levied increased tariffs on simply two — China and Canada.

This comes in opposition to the backdrop of the Ministry of External Affairs saying that Mr. Trump’s focusing on of India is “unjustified and unreasonable”.

An evaluation by Rubix Data Sciences, a threat administration and monitoring firm, reveals that the U.S. had a $49.5 billion commerce deficit with India in 2024, the tenth highest amongst all its buying and selling companions. However, the U.S. has levied a tariff of 25% “plus penalties” on imports from India, the third-highest amongst these nations.

For instance, the U.S. had a commerce deficit of $175.9 billion with Mexico in 2024 — 3.5 occasions that with India — however has levied the identical 25% tariff on that nation.

Similarly, the U.S. had increased commerce deficits with Vietnam ($129.4 billion), Germany ($87.9 billion), Ireland ($87.2 billion), Taiwan ($76.4 billion), Japan ($72.3 billion), and South Korea ($69.9 billion) than with India, however levies decrease tariffs on these nations than it does on India.

The solely two nations with which the U.S. has increased deficits than with India and in addition levies a better import tariff are China (30%) and Canada (35%).

On India’s buy of oil from Russia, Mr. Trump on Monday mentioned that “they (India) don’t care how many individuals in Ukraine are being killed by the Russian battle machine”.

However, information from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, which frequently tracks Russia’s power exports, present that the EU was the biggest purchaser of Russian liquified pure fuel (LNG), accounting for 51% of Russia’s exports of those merchandise between December 2022 and June 2025, adopted by China (21%) and Japan (18%). Even in relation to pipeline fuel, the EU was the biggest purchaser of Russian fuel, buying 37% of Russia’s exports, adopted by China (30%) and Turkiye (27%).

China purchased 47% of Russia’s crude exports throughout this era, adopted by India (38%), the EU (6%), and Turkiye (6%).