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01-10-2021, 09:51 AM
By PAUL MCLEARY
09/30/2021 02:45 PM EDT
The Biden administration’s Pacific strategy will face a major test later this year when India makes good on a controversial US$5 billion arms deal with Russia, an agreement that could trigger U.S. sanctions at a time when Washington is trying to pull India closer.
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In play is the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, or CAATSA, a 2017 law with broad support in Congress that punishes countries for making major arms deals with Russia, the world’s second-largest arms exporter.
To date, the only countries sanctioned under the law are Turkey and China, both for buying the same S-400 system slated to arrive in India. It’s a precedent that could put the Biden administration in an awkward position with a key ally.
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India remains a massive market for arms exporting countries, accounting for 9.5 percent of all global arms imports in 2020 bested only by Saudi Arabia
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And billions of that spending will continue to go to Russia.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/30...den-514822
09/30/2021 02:45 PM EDT
The Biden administration’s Pacific strategy will face a major test later this year when India makes good on a controversial US$5 billion arms deal with Russia, an agreement that could trigger U.S. sanctions at a time when Washington is trying to pull India closer.
......
In play is the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, or CAATSA, a 2017 law with broad support in Congress that punishes countries for making major arms deals with Russia, the world’s second-largest arms exporter.
To date, the only countries sanctioned under the law are Turkey and China, both for buying the same S-400 system slated to arrive in India. It’s a precedent that could put the Biden administration in an awkward position with a key ally.
......
India remains a massive market for arms exporting countries, accounting for 9.5 percent of all global arms imports in 2020 bested only by Saudi Arabia
......
And billions of that spending will continue to go to Russia.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/30...den-514822
