Reuters in the UK said that India has retaliated against the tariff measures of US President Trump, suspending the procurement of American weapons, and the visit of Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh to the US has also been canceled.
India had originally planned to purchase a large amount of US-made weapons, including 6 P-8I anti-submarine patrol aircraft, Stryker armored vehicles, Javelin anti-tank missiles, etc. Moreover, Singh had planned to visit the US to discuss some new weapon procurement projects. Now, India has suspended all of these.
Of course, the suspension is not a complete cancellation; it is India expressing its dissatisfaction, applying pressure on the US, hoping that Trump will significantly reduce the tariffs imposed on India (India does not expect the US to completely abolish the tariffs). If Trump significantly reduces the tariffs imposed on India, for example, to 15-20%, then India would consider it a win and would certainly quickly resume purchasing weapons from the US.
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