Exclusive: India pauses plans to buy U.S. arms after Trump’s tariffs

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/india-pauses-plans-buy-us-arms-after-trumps-tariffs-2025-08-08/

Posted by Top-Flatworm8201

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  2. Submission Statement:

    New Delhi has put on hold its plans to procure new U.S. weapons and aircraft, according to three Indian officials familiar with the matter, in India’s first concrete sign of discontent after tariffs imposed on its exports by President Donald Trump dragged ties to their lowest level in decades.

    DEFENCE MINISTER CANCELS PLANNED VISIT:
    India had been planning to send Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Washington in the coming weeks for an announcement on some of the purchases, but that trip has been cancelled, two of the people said.

    ARMS IN QUESTION:
    Reuters is reporting for the first time that discussions on India’s purchases of Stryker combat vehicles made by General Dynamics Land Systems and Javelin anti-tank missiles developed by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have been paused due to the tariffs.

    Singh had also been planning to announce the purchase of six Boeing P8I reconnaissance aircraft and support systems for the Indian Navy during his now-cancelled trip, two of the people said. Talks over procuring the aircraft in a proposed $3.6 BILLION DEAL were at an advanced stage, according to the officials.

    SIGNIFICANCE:

    A key pillar of the India-US Comprehensive and Global Strategic Partnership is under threat of being significantly scaled back given the abrupt rupture of ties driven by Trump administration’s Tariff threat to New Delhi over purchases of Russian Oil.

  3. Art of the deal!

    In any case, I’m glad this happened. Stryker is absolute garbage and India is better off sticking with its home grown unit.

  5. There are almost 500 Boeing jets on order from india, lets see if that comes into play

  6. Trump treats everyone else like garbage. It appears to be backfiring spectacularly

  7. The China/Russia/Iran/North Korea consortium is about to gain a new member. Courtesy of Donald J Trump’s immense stupidity. Ugh.

  8. Realpolitik. The sooner India gets the joke, the better they will be.

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