US Navy conveyed to China that it exercises the right to freedom of navigation through EEZ of coalition partners like India & South China Sea isn’t an exception.
In episode 721 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta unpacks the issues of international relations through the sea laws after the US ship sailed through Indian EEZ without intimation.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
The US is nota signatory to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) anyway. It is occupying the island of Diego Garcia belonging to Mauritius in the Indian ocean in blatant violation of UNCLOS and the ruling of the International Court of Justice in Hague. Why, Even India has objected to this illegal occupation by the US! The UN’s official maps have been changed to show the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia, as belonging to Mauritius! But the US wouldn’t let go of its illegal occupation of Diego Garcia!
But isn’t USA creating trust deficit with India? Already full trust is not restored in case of India’s relations with USA. By this action USA is heaping upon existing trust deficit sending a message that it cannot be depended upon. Shall USA has to prove anything to China by needling a friendly country which may appear to be an intention to appease or placate China.
The US is nota signatory to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) anyway. It is occupying the island of Diego Garcia belonging to Mauritius in the Indian ocean in blatant violation of UNCLOS and the ruling of the International Court of Justice in Hague. Why, Even India has objected to this illegal occupation by the US! The UN’s official maps have been changed to show the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia, as belonging to Mauritius! But the US wouldn’t let go of its illegal occupation of Diego Garcia!
But isn’t USA creating trust deficit with India? Already full trust is not restored in case of India’s relations with USA. By this action USA is heaping upon existing trust deficit sending a message that it cannot be depended upon. Shall USA has to prove anything to China by needling a friendly country which may appear to be an intention to appease or placate China.