US grants India waiver to buy Russian oil while investigating trade practices

The Trump administration has given India a 30-day waiver allowing it to continue purchasing Russian crude oil. A senior Trump official said India has been a 'good actor' in this situation.

At the same time, the administration has opened a trade investigation into India and 15 other economies, looking into what it calls unfair manufacturing and trade practices. The same official stated the US would not allow India's economic rise to become a rivalry like the one with China.