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Scott Bessent: “India has geared down and has stopped buying Russian oil.”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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India started buying Russian oil after the conflict began, but President Trump put a 25% tariff on them. And India has geared down and has stopped buying Russian oil. And then three, China is a very large buyer of Russian oil as they are of Iranian oil, as they were of Venezuelan oil. But guess what, Maria, no more Venezuelan oil for them. (30:39–30:45)

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