India, Aug. 12 -- US President Donald Trump's 50% tariff on Indian imports is "puzzling" and a "reversal of 25 years of American foreign policy," political commentator and author Fareed Zakaria has said, warning that the move makes "no sense" and could trigger a global oil shock.

In an interview with News18, Zakaria argued that if India and China stopped purchasing Russian oil, crude prices could spike to $150 a barrel, dealing a blow to global economies.

He described Trump's decision as an illogical break from a bipartisan strategy, dating back to the Clinton era, that had forged closer ties with India.

Zakaria noted that successive US administrations over the past two decades had viewed India as a crucial geopolitical and economic pa...