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  There's no way India wants to incur the same punishment Russia gets.  With a population that high, sanctions won't be pleasant.  Would be no way around them, thats material support in aiding Russia.
context: Clever workaround. However, India would no longer be distanced from Western sanctions. India would be directly involved with enabling the circumvention of sanctions against both Russia and Iran. Shipments could possibly include war materiel (even if wink, they aren't permitted). This route would put India into a difficult spot internationally. >
  
  In favor of India, it's going to be a great deal for them.  The Great Indian problem is that it's surrounded by enemies whereas most countries trade with the countries around them.  Every great economy in the world, their neighbors are their 1st, 2nd or 3rd largest trading partners.  Canada, US and Mexico are all major trade partners.  The EU are all major trading partners.  Even Russia, biggest trading partners were the ones that were nearest to them.
  All of the countries that suck in the world suck mostly because there are deep divisions driven into their regional trading possibilities.  India and Pakistan won't do much trade with each other, they're both hesitant to do trade with China.  They kind of hate doing trade with most of SE Asia.  And you have the same problem across most of Africa (Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya all have machine gun nest borders with no flow between their borders).
  India's biggest trading partners are... America.... and United Arab Emirates (followed by China, Bangladesh, Hong Kong and Singapore.... countries that are really close).  This makes costs of everything in India more expensive than the public can handle.... and it also makes secondary industries more inefficient.  Setting up a system where India buys  raw materials from Iran, and then refines them and ships them to Russia is far more efficient (for India) than most of its trade. >
  
  Honestly South Asia needs to get their shit together , there is soo much potential lost from India and Pakistan having their stupid ego fights , like Pakistan can supply India with a passage to the central Asian countries and India can supply Pakistan with the Indian clients and trade markets >
  
  Who do you think split Pakistan and India up? >
  
  You know there is this one cunt who makes stupid lines … >
  
  Highly doubt this comes out to be true. India would officially take the Russian side, and not just Russia, Iran as well, which makes it way worse, and sanctions would absolutely cripple them. As much as Indians want to claim, we really are not as self sufficient, and there’s only so much tiptoeing you can go about before you’re hit by sanctions. So I’m holding my reservations, and I hope this doesn’t happen, but what do ik >
  
  Everything can be exempted from sanctions. Thats just the way the US works. They lay out blanket sanctions and then selectively give exemptions based on their own national interests- which here overlaps with India’s national interest.
  US corporations are looking to shift manufacturing away from China and into India/Vietnam etc. Guess where will India get the raw materials to support those giant manufacturing complexes? 
  US corporations will also benefit from a general rising of middle class in India. They are already locked out of the Chinese market. Who will they sell their shit to ? Where will their next billion dollar growth come from ? Which means that the Indian economy , as a whole, has to be helped to grow and grow. So that it can keep consuming Western products.
  Note also- how i keep saying US corporations. Because in the end, every single legislation in the US is backed by corporate lobbying- who look for shareholder interests .
  I am just giving an example- i am noy a diplomat- but the idea that sanctions apply to everyone the same way is unfounded since US ( and the West) are known to put exemptions for every sanction they dole out. >
  
  I mean I can definitely see that happen, but I can't see India jumping off the rope they've been walking on. They're tiptoeing as it is, I highly doubt they'll make it this obvious. Plus, after what's happened with Russia, India wouldn't wanna risk it so soon. India still hasn't gotten a share out of China's pie in manufacturing, they're making strides. It would just mess the situation up far more imo. >
  
  Pretty sure it was designed that way to strengthen India and counterbalance China. >
  
  are India really so eager for cheap oil/gas so they risk sanctions? >
  
  Yes.  First time India? >
  
  They can call it, "The Filth Road".