Trump orders India tariff hike to 50% for buying Russian oil
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order hitting India with an additional 25% tariff over its purchases of Russian oil. That raises the total tariff on Indian imports to the US to 50% - among the highest rates imposed by Washington. India has called the taxes unfair, unjustified and unreasonable. Also: Donald Trump says there's a good chance he will meet President Putin of Russia soon to discuss a ceasefire in Ukraine, and Italy gives final approval for world's longest suspension bridge to Sicily. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: [email protected]
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Janut Jalil, and in the early |
| 0:06.8 | hours of Thursday the 7th of August, these are our main stories. Donald Trump hits India with an |
| 0:12.8 | extra 25% tariff for its Russian oil purchases. But he also says he could be meeting President |
| 0:19.7 | Putin soon to discuss a ceasefire in Ukraine. |
| 0:23.5 | Thousands of French firefighters are struggling to control the country's biggest wildfires in decades. |
| 0:30.8 | Italy says it's going to build the world's longest suspension bridge linking the mainland to Sicily. |
| 0:39.1 | Also in this podcast, new research from Rwanda indicates friendships formed by female |
| 0:44.9 | mountain gorillas are far more important and enduring than previously understood. |
| 0:51.6 | They were really sticking out groups in which they knew females, |
| 0:54.5 | and this really tells us that those female-female relationships, they can still continue to |
| 0:58.7 | matter even after years apart. |
| 1:04.4 | Donald Trump has inflicted yet another hefty economic blow on India, announcing an additional 25% tariff on Indian imports |
| 1:15.1 | because of India's continued purchases of Russian oil. This comes on top of the 25% tariff |
| 1:22.0 | announced last week, raising the total tariff on Indian imports to the US to 50%, one of the highest rates in the world. |
| 1:31.5 | The US President's Executive Order came despite his senior envoy, Steve Wickoff, holding talks in Moscow with President Putin, |
| 1:39.0 | with the Kremlin describing them as productive, and the US PresidentS. president saying great progress had been made. |
| 1:45.6 | So much so that Mr. Trump says he may soon hold a meeting with a Russian leader to discuss a ceasefire in Ukraine. |
| 1:52.9 | We had some very good talks with President Putin today, and there's a very good chance that we could be ending the round, ending the end of that road. |
| 2:03.5 | That road was long and continues to be long. |
| 2:06.8 | But there's a good chance that there will be a meeting very soon. |
| 2:10.6 | Mr. Trump has set a deadline for this Friday for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine. |
| 2:16.2 | I asked our Washington correspondent, Nomia Iqbal, |
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