GETTING TOUGH WITH TARIFFS: Trump Cracks Down on India for Buying Russian Oil, Signs Executive Order

President Donald Trump has ordered a 25% tariff on imports from India in response to the country’s continued purchases of Russian oil — an aggressive move underscoring the administration’s expanding pressure campaign against Moscow’s backdoor enablers. Trump signed the executive order Wednesday morning, invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the National Emergencies Act, and Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974. It builds on his March directive banning U.S. imports of Russian-origin crude and petroleum products, part of a broader strategy that frames Russia’s war on Ukraine as a “national emergency” threatening American security and foreign policy. “To


