Former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said India should take Donald Trump’s point seriously and work with the White House to find a solution to the tariff war. The statement is from the same opinion piece that Haley wrote for Newsweek recently in which she said India is essential for the US and must be treated like the “prized free and democratic partner. The Indian-origin Republican leader drew flak in her party for taking the side of India in the ongoing tariff war. But Saturday she highlighted a part of her Newsweek opinion piece in which she sounded a warning for India as well. “India must take Trump’s point over Russian oil seriously, and work with the White House to find a solution. The sooner the better. Decades of friendship and good will between the world’s two largest democracies provide a solid basis to move past the current turbulence. Navigating issues like trade disagreements and Russian oil imports demands hard dialogue. But, we should not lose sight of what matters most: our shared goals. To face China, the United States must have a friend in India,” Nikki Haley posted sharing the opinion piece.
What Nikki Haley said on the US-India tariff war
Nikki Haley said Trump is right to target India’s massive Russian oil purchases which are helping to fund Putin’s war against Ukraine. But India is not an adversary and is essential in helping the US move its critical supply chains away from China. “India’s significance is even more profound. Home to more than a sixth of humanity, India surpassed China as the world’s most populous country in 2023, with a young workforce that contrasts with China’s aging one. It is the world’s fastest-growing major economy—soon to eclipse Japan as the world’s fourth largest,” she wrote. India’s rise does not threaten the free world, Nikki Haley wrote, stating that the US should reverse the downward spiral between India and the US.
