India once again caught the United States off guard! The pressure from the United States on India has still not worked! After India canceled its plan to purchase American weapons and canceled the visit of the defense minister to the United States, India took another action against the United States. On August 17, foreign media reported that India had canceled the visit of the U.S. trade representative to India scheduled for August 25 to 29, and the new schedule for the next round of trade negotiations is currently not determined.
Evidently, India canceling the visit of the U.S. representative to India indicates what? This indicates that India is very dissatisfied with the continuous pressure from the United States. India intends to send a signal to the United States that India does not accept U.S. coercion. In fact, India's announcement was made at a very precise time. The U.S. sanctions on India's purchase of Russian oil will take effect on August 27.
Now, after the U.S.-Russia summit, Trump personally stated that the U.S.-Russia summit was very successful, and it is currently not considering imposing sanctions on Russia. If the United States does not consider imposing sanctions on Russia, logically, the United States will not impose secondary sanctions on Russia, but instead impose sanctions on India. Obviously, India has put Trump in a difficult position. If Trump allows the tax increase on India to take effect, this essentially constitutes a sanction on Russia, which will inevitably affect the U.S. agenda on the Ukraine-Russia issue. Undoubtedly, India's cancellation of the relevant itinerary is an accurate test of the U.S. attitude.
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