Just because the US needs partners to counterbalance China doesn’t mean it needs India. Nor is the US about to help another Asian power rise
While New Delhi has expressed its discontent, it also strives to avoid a slide towards open confrontation. India still struggles to comprehend why the Trump administration is pressuring it in such a manner, given that Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have publicly declared each other a good friend.
Perhaps fearing perceptions that it is anti-US, New Delhi did not accept Moscow’s suggestion that Chinese, Russian and Indian leaders should hold a trilateral meeting. When Brazil organised an extraordinary Brics virtual summit on US trade policy in September, India sent only its foreign minister.
New Delhi is working to deepen ties with US allies like Japan and Europe, perhaps in an effort to reignite Washington’s enthusiasm for the Indo-Pacific strategy and coax the Trump administration back onto what it sees as the right path.
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