India, Aug. 8 -- Chinese Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, slammed US President Donald Trump after his tariff impositions on several countries, including India.

"Give the bully an inch, he will take a mile," the Chinese envoy to India wrote on X.

He also added a post quoting an excerpt from the talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Celso Amorim, the Chief Advisor to Brazilian President Lula.

"Using tariffs as a weapon to suppress other countries violates the UN Charter, undermines WTO rules and is both unpopular and unsustainable," it said.

This comes after Donald Trump on Wednesday announced an extra 25 percent tariff on India as 'penalty' for the continued purchase of Russian crude oil.

He vowed similar actions against ...