Prime Minister of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka on Sunday kick-started his three-day visit to India, aimed at strengthening bilateral ties in areas such as trade and investment. In a sign of solidifying ties, India and Fiji signed several agreements during Rabuka's visit. Before the Trump administration’s additional 25 per cent tariff penalty on India over its purchase of Russian oil kicks in, US Vice President JD Vance has said that US President Donald Trump applied “aggressive economic leverage”, including “secondary tariffs on India”, to force Russia to stop bombing Ukraine.