US President Donald Trump on 15 July warned that countries continuing to buy Russian exports would face secondary sanctions of up to 100 percent unless Moscow agrees to a peace deal over Ukraine within 50 days. The move would target large purchasers such as China, India and Brazil and comes on top of nearly 30,000 existing restrictions imposed on Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Visiting Washington the next day, newly appointed NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte amplified the message, telling reporters that leaders in Beijing, New Delhi and Brasília should pressure the Kremlin or risk being hit "very hard" by US measures. Rutte said European allies would finance additional US weapons for Kyiv while the sanctions clock ticks. Beijing dismissed the ultimatum. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on 16 July that "trade wars have no winners" and urged dialogue rather than coercion, adding that China opposes unilateral sanctions and "long-arm jurisdiction." New Delhi also pushed back. Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said on 17 July that securing India’s energy needs is an "overriding priority" and cautioned against "double standards" in sanction policy. Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri noted that India has diversified supplies to roughly 40 sources and "will deal with" any disruption. India bought about $56 billion of Russian crude and refined products in the last fiscal year. Reactions from the world’s two largest developing economies underline the limits of Washington’s effort to isolate Moscow through wider penalties. Resistance from major Asian buyers threatens to dilute the impact of any new US tariffs and complicates Western attempts to leverage trade pressure into a negotiated settlement of the war.