New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- India must urgently file an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to counter the Trump administration's move to justify punitive tariffs by citing its oil trade with Russia, according to a report by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI).

On September 4, 2025, the Trump administration filed an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court to validate tariffs that had earlier been struck down by lower court. This appeal explicitly names India's purchases of Russian oil as justification for the existence of tariffs.

GTRI stated that "By staying silent, India risks letting Trump's claim--that its oil trade justifies punitive tariffs--stand unchallenged at America's highest court".

The US administration has direc...