India, July 7 -- US President Donald Trump threatened countries aligning themselves with the "anti-American policies of BRICS" with an additional 10% trade tariff on Sunday.

Trump made the announcement on his social media website, Truth Social, and said there would be no exceptions to the policy.

This comes after the grouping adopted a joint declaration that, among other things, appeared to criticise US military strikes on Iran as well as "unilateral" tariffs that had disrupted the international trade system.

The joint declaration also expressed concern at the humanitarian situation in Gaza and called for Israel to withdraw its forces for Gaza and other "Occupied Palestinian Territory".

India, a founding member of the BRICS grouping, ...