The new 25 percent tariff, which will be added to the 25 percent tariff Trump announced last week, will take effect on Aug. 27 if India doesn’t stop buying Russian oil. Trump also threatened to impose similar penalties on other countries that buy Russian energy, as a way to pressure the Kremlin into ending the war with Ukraine.

India ranks as the No. 2 importer of Russian oil since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, behind China, according to one research center.

US President Donald Trump may follow up on hits additional 25% tariff on India for its purchases of Russian oil with other measures to force Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Trump’s administration is also considering new sanctions on Moscow’s covert fleet of oil tankers and several entities that enable them to operate,