The White House's abrupt move to double duties on Indian goods over its Russian oil purchases came with little warning and no clear path forward.

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China and India have agreed to resume trade ties and move towards resolving their longstanding border dispute.

The Russian embassy in India criticised the US penalties on New Delhi over trade ties, saying crude oil trade between the two nations will remain unaffected and overall India–Russia trade is expected to grow 10% annually.

India adopted the GST in 2017, sweeping in more than a dozen domestic state taxes in a bid to unify the economy on the principle of "one nation, one tax, one market". It was hailed as the biggest tax reform since independence from Britain in 1947.

During his Friday speech, Modi also hinted India would continue its unilateral suspension of the Indus Water Treaty. The treaty, which India suspended after the April massacre, allows sharing of the Indus River that runs about 2,897 kilometers (1,800 miles) through South Asia and is a lifeline for both countries.

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While one group will be responsible for “exploring early harvest in boundary delimitation", the other will be tasked with “maintaining peace and tranquillity" in the border areas