US threats of more tariffs on India may just backfire

The White House says it wants to smash Vladimir Putin’s war machine in Ukraine by imposing tariffs of as much as 100% on China and India, the two biggest buyers of Russian energy, provided its friends in the Also Read| A softened US and India reboot talks. What can happen?But how can they? The EU may not have an internal consensus — a pro-Kremlin Hungarian leadership is likely to block any such secondary sanctions. Nor will Japan and the UK want to jeopardize their interests in Asia by making the US trade ...