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Anonymous wrote:India’s decision to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is going to come with sanctions and tariffs from western countries. They didn’t export much to begin with so it probably doesn’t matter much. India is not much of a player in the global economy.

Probably one of the most self-centered countries out there but that's nothing new.

Y'all are watching a global geopolitical shift in real time. Most countries are either neutral or leaning Russia/China. When one country becomes the "world's policeman" it is strategically in the rest of the world's best interest to counter that power.

Much of the EU might still lean US but not countries like Hungary, Italy and Greece. That makes the EU paralyzed because, structurally, they all must agree.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clothing, or fabric that is made into clothing in the US
Pharmaceuticals
Food

I'd like to know any of those with labels on the container. I'd definitely avoid those items from India!

Good luck with that. The Post or some other newspaper had an article on our reliance on drugs from countries like India where there is little quality control. We don't get to inspect their facilities and you know this is going to be a disaster at some point.

No quality control and American companies don’t get to inspect their own factories and facilities?

Yeah you know nothing about this.

It’s been going on for a long while - when was this disaster going to happen as it’s been decades

Anonymous wrote:The US trades with Russia to the extent of almost 3 billion USD, 2.5 billion in imports and .5 in exports.
https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c4621.html
and it's grudging a desperately poor country for trying to get the best deal that it can for it's ridiculously poor farmers and citizens!??

You think Russian export sales are only going to "desperately poor farmers and citizens"? Russia poverty rates are almost meaningless as they have changed the criteria several times including in response to the Ukraine invasion, but according to Russia they have record low poverty rates--lower than the US (supposedly 7.2% in Russia as of March).

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Anonymous wrote:India’s decision to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is going to come with sanctions and tariffs from western countries. They didn’t export much to begin with so it probably doesn’t matter much. India is not much of a player in the global economy.

Probably one of the most self-centered countries out there but that's nothing new.

Every country is self-centered. But India's decision to ally with Russia is definitely a choice.

I can buy tea from other countries.

papadum
darjeeling
garam masala
alphonse mangos
frozen onion bhaji

The US trades with Russia to the extent of almost 3 billion USD, 2.5 billion in imports and .5 in exports.
https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c4621.html
and it's grudging a desperately poor country for trying to get the best deal that it can for it's ridiculously poor farmers and citizens!??

Anonymous wrote:But who is going to do the needful?

Had to laugh. But you forgot to say please.

I had to make a Walmart stop the other day and discovered I could buy dry garbanzos and lentils for much less than where I usually buy them so grabbed a few bags. I was curious where they were grown (thinking about tariffs and imports) and checked the package. I thought food products are supposed to show where they are packed or something. All it said was distributed by Walmart. No idea if they are US products or not. Google tells me India is the primary producer globally, and the third largest import source (after Canada and Mexico) to the US. (We also export garbanzos).

There's tons of information online about exports and imports of individual products. Found a calculator that says it gives you a real time duty calculation (companies have to keep a close eye on this stuff because it's been changing so much).

So, Canada is the major importer of garbanzos to US. Tariff is 35% right now. Mexico 24%. India 24%.

I make falafel regularly and we use a lot of hummus. Usually products like this mix sources and a global corporation will spread the cost increase across all its sources. So whether the garbanzos come from India or Canada or the US the price I pay is still going to reflect the tariff contribution across the board. Or there will just be more market pressure on the US product, end result the same.

But who is going to do the needful?

Anonymous wrote:India’s decision to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is going to come with sanctions and tariffs from western countries. They didn’t export much to begin with so it probably doesn’t matter much. India is not much of a player in the global economy.

Probably one of the most self-centered countries out there but that's nothing new.

India’s decision to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is going to come with sanctions and tariffs from western countries. They didn’t export much to begin with so it probably doesn’t matter much. India is not much of a player in the global economy.

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Anonymous wrote:That's a good question.

It's been a gazillion years since folks in India actually made anything compelling on a large scale.

India does not seem to be a player in anything
- except they export their smarter, more well connected people.

I'm really trying to think of the value added by India. And I'm drawing a blank.

So this is a nonsense tarrif ?

They are ALL nonsense tariffs. So ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:All the software you use. All the medical doctors, nurses and whatnot that you go to.

Which is a serious problem.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clothing, or fabric that is made into clothing in the US
Pharmaceuticals
Food

I'd like to know any of those with labels on the container. I'd definitely avoid those items from India!

Good luck with that. The Post or some other newspaper had an article on our reliance on drugs from countries like India where there is little quality control. We don't get to inspect their facilities and you know this is going to be a disaster at some point.

Anonymous wrote:Do mango come from India or mostly from Mexico?

Some grown in California and Florida, but mostly from Mexico. Some from Brazil, Ecuador, and India.