India, Aug. 14 -- The high-profile summit between US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin coming Friday has generated interest across the globe. New Delhi is especially keen to see the results because the meeting may decide the fate of the proposed 50 per cent American tariffs on Indian goods. A positive outcome will possibly lower them because Trump has repeatedly maintained that the reason for the punitive duties is India's purchases of Russian oil. The removal of the Indian tariff is in Russia's interest too as it earned over $800 billion from the sale of oil and gas since the Ukraine war.

"If the summit is a success, it will end the raison d'etre for imposing punitive tariffs on India," an Indian observer said. The Krem...