New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy remained optimistic that India-US will find a common ground over the 50 per cent imposed on New Delhi by Washington, including an additional penalty of 25 per cent for purchasing discounted crude oil from Russia.

Phil Murphy, who is on a visit to India, highlighted the importance of India for New Jersey. However, he agreed that Russia needs to be "squeezed" to bring an end to the Ukraine war.

"The sub-national relationship between New Jersey and India is so important. It's easy to be here when times are good. It's a lot harder to be here when times are a little choppy. By the way, I'm not a tariff guy. I accept Russia is an aggressor nation, and they need to be squeezed, period... I...