Europe capitulated to the US. Their most important reason? They had outsourced their security to the US. Some other reasons: dependence on cheap Chinese goods, Russian gas, outsourced manufacturing. The US expected India to bow too...we didn't. theprint.in/national-int...
"The US expected India to bow too...we didn't". I am not so sure about it. So far it has been only optics & chest-thumping.
We didn't stop buying Russian oil and nor did we agree to open our agriculture and dairy sectors to American companies so no we didn't capitulate. Nor did we accept Trump's lie that he mediated the Indo-pak war...actually it was impossible that we do all those things. India has certain red lines.
Let us wait & see the effect of 25% & 50% tariff on Indian economy.
I am glad India did not capitulate. This is economic warfare unleashed by Trump for spurious reasons, and sadly both sides will suffer.