New DelhiModi and Trump spoke Wednesday amid a Russian-oil sanctions threat.
Russian state media RT says a new US law allows tariffs up to 100% on Russian-crude buyers.
RT puts Russian crude shipments to India at about 2.1 million barrels a day in August, expected to fall to 1.75 million in September.
RT says the Indian readout omitted the law, though Foreign Minister Jaishankar raised it with Secretary of State Rubio last week.
Trade talks on the first phase of the bilateral agreement, framed in February, have stretched for months.
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- contextualizes call within Graham Act's 100% tariff threat on Russian oil buyers, documents India's strategic concerns and diplomatic pushback
Sources: RT