White House advisor Peter Navarro criticized India's Russian oil imports in an op-ed after Trump announced new tariffs targeting India and other countries buying Russian energy.

New Delhi was "now cozying up to both Russia and China," Navarro wrote in an opinion piece published in the Financial Times on Monday. "If India wants to be treated as a strategic partner of the U.S.,

India’s state-run refiners have returned to buying Russian oil after a brief pause, despite the South Asian nation facing higher tariffs for the trade and a volley of criticism from Trump officials. Processors including Indian Oil Corp.