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As Trump Goes, Indian Military Wonders If Biden Will Bell the CAATSA
India remains not only an important strategic ally and a steady materiel buyer but is also increasingly emerging as the US s âfront-lineâ state against China.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden. Photo: Reuters/Tom Brenner
Security23/Dec/2020
Chandigarh: One of the less obvious, but significant impediments in Indiaâs putative relationship with the USAâs incoming Joe Biden-led Democratic Party administration is Washingtonâs Countering Americaâs Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, or CAATSA, against countries acquiring Russian materiel.
Approved in July 2017 and signed into law the following month by President Donald Trump, CAATSA is the US response to Moscowâs alleged interference in its 2016 presidential election and its annexation of Crimea two years earlier. Its primary objective is to dissuade countries from procuring Russian defence equipment and financially undermine o