Container trucks parked at Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. US President Donald Trump said he'd impose a 50% tariff on Indian exports to the US -- half of which includes a penalty for purchases of Russian oil. Photo by Abeer Khan / Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump told European officials he’s willing to impose sweeping new tariffs on India and China to push President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table with Ukraine — but only if EU nations do so as well.

Trump made the ask when he called into a meeting with senior US and EU officials in Washington, according to people familiar with the discussion who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations. The US is willing to mirror tariffs imposed by Europe o

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