White Home Commerce Adviser Peter Navarro. File.
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White Home Commerce Adviser Peter Navarro has renewed his criticism of India, questioning why Individuals are paying for Synthetic Intelligence in India.
Mr. Navarro’s feedback on Saturday (January 17, 2026) got here amid a pressure in India-U.S. ties, which started after U.S. President Donald Trump slapped a 50% tariff on New Delhi, together with a 25% extra obligation for its buy of Russian crude oil.
In an interview on Actual America’s Voice, Mr. Navarro stated,”…It’s like, why are Individuals paying for AI in India? Chat GPT (is) working on U.S. soil, utilizing American electrical energy, servicing giant customers of Chat GPT, for instance, in India and China and elsewhere around the globe. In order that’s one other difficulty that is acquired to be handled.”
His feedback got here as ties between New Delhi and Washington are reeling underneath pressure on a number of different points other than tariffs, together with Mr. Trump’s declare of ending the India-Pakistan battle in Might final yr and Washington’s new immigration coverage.
Final yr, Mr. Navarro constantly ranted in opposition to India for Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil and excessive tariffs, calling India the “Maharajah of tariffs.”
He had additionally termed India’s purchases of Russian oil as “blood cash” and stated Delhi did not purchase oil from Moscow in giant portions earlier than the Ukraine battle.
New Delhi has maintained that, like all main financial system, it can take all vital measures to safeguard its nationwide pursuits and financial safety.
In a diatribe concentrating on the BRICS nations, Mr. Navarro had stated the “backside line” is that not one of the international locations within the grouping can “survive if they do not promote to the USA. And once they promote to the USA, their exports, they’re like vampires sucking our blood dry with their unfair commerce practices.”
Printed – January 19, 2026 03:38 am IST
