According to three Indian officials familiar with the case, New Delhi stopped its plan to buy new weapons and aircraft from the United States.
On 6 August, Trump imposed an additional 25 % tax on Indian products as New Delhi is a Russian oil buyer. He said that India was thus supporting Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
After the tariff hike, the total tax increased by 50 %on Indian exports, the highest compared to any American trading partner.
On the other hand, this is India’s first concrete sign that it is unhappy with President Donald Trump’s taxes on Indian exports, which has brought relations between the two countries to the lowest level in decades.
Two officials said that India had planned to send its Defense Minister Rajnath Singh to Washington in the coming weeks to announce some purchases, but the journey was canceled.
The US President holds a record of taking U -turn soon in terms of taxes. India says it is actively engaged in conversation with Washington.
One of the Indian officials said that defense purchases could move forward when India received clarification about tariffs and bilateral relations, but ‘not as soon as possible.
Another official said that written instructions were not issued to stop the purchase of arms from the United States, which shows that Delhi has a way to withdraw the decision immediately, even though ‘at least no progress is being minimized.
The Indian Ministry of Defense and the Pentagon did not answer the questions of Reuters.
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The Government of India, which has a close partnership with the United States in the previous years, says that India is being indiscriminately targeted and Washington and its European allies continue to trade with Moscow in their interest.
Reuters are reported for the first time that the striker of General Dynamics Land Systems stopped fighter vehicles and tank missiles made by Rithwen and Lockheed Martin due to revenue on India’s purchase of India.
Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced procurement and joint preparation plans in February.
According to two officials, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh was also announced to announce the purchase of six Boeing Pat Spy aircraft and tributaries for the Indian Navy during his visit to the United States.
Officials say the negotiations to buy the aircraft were in the final stages under a proposed deal of $ 3 billion.
Boeing, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics said questions should be asked by Indian and US governments. Rithwen did not respond to a comment.
Relationship with Russia
For many American analysts, Trump’s first term is considered one of the major achievements of foreign policy in the government, according to India’s deep safety relations, which grew up due to a shared strategic rivalry with China.
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Delhi is the second largest arms importing country in the world and traditionally Russia has been its largest supplier. However, in the previous years, India has started importing arms from Western countries such as France, Israel and the United States.