POLITICAL Economist, extraordinaire , MICHAEL HUDSON says : "US left out the POLITICAL aspect and that's exactly the dimension on which India has responded to the United States position< the United States wants India to be a market for its food exports. The single leading guiding light of American foreign policy since 1945 is to make foreign policy since 1945 is to make other countries dependent on its grain exports dependent on its food to weaponize food. " < https://youtu.be/MoAn1Yq2szE?si=qC2mqIu7icoEHXEd

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POLITICAL Economist, extraordinaire , MICHAEL HUDSON says : "US left out the POLITICAL aspect and that's exactly the dimension on which India has responded to the United States position<


the United States wants India to be a market for its food exports. The single leading guiding light of American foreign policy since 1945 is to make foreign policy since 1945 is to make other countries dependent on its grain exports dependent on its food to weaponize food. " <


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POLITICAL Economist, extraordinaire , MICHAEL HUDSON : "Well, it's true that Richard and I are both economists, but the economics discipline no longer calls itself political economy as it does in the 19th century. Richard and I are both political economists but that's not what the discipline is and that's not how the American foreign economic policyis conducted.<


They've left out the POLITICAL aspect and that's exactly the dimension on which India has responded to the United States position. Modi gave a very explicit the dimension on which India has responded to the United States position. Modi gave a very explicit speech saying that he is ,India is, acting within its sovereign rights and America's threats to punishing India with the 50% import tariffs is an attack on India's sovereignty. We are sovereign countries. We can't agree to that. <



A few days ago, India's foreign minister uh did something that I don't think other foreign ministers, certainly not in Europe or even Russia or China have said explicitly. They've attacked President Trump personally for his policies. Not just saying some countries want this or the United States wants this just a President Trump . There's a very personal antagonism now and you can see the tension that's occurring within India. <


the United States wants India to be a market for its food exports. The single leading guiding light of American foreign policy since 1945 is to make foreign policy since 1945 is to make other countries dependent on its grain exports dependent on its food to weaponize food. That is the core of World Bank loan policy, the core of US backing of dictatorships from overthrowing the Guatemalan government to imposing dictators all over the world to prevent replacing plantation agriculture with growing their own food and other things . <


The whole fight of India is saying we are not going to let America weaponize our food needs by having our farmers having ourselves voted out of office anonymously by selling out the farmers to make Mr. Trump happy by helping him rescue the faltering American agriculture. <


So the America has made a demand that cannot possibly be met and that's what's been accelerating Modi's abrupt 180 degree shift with China saying well a few decades ago even a few years ago we had a military problem on the border with China this is marginal this is trivial compared to the big realignment in trade relations between US and China. This is just as Trump has performed the "act of peace" by driving Russia and China together for the next generation. Trump has now driven India together with China and Russia. <


India was the weakest link of the BRICS because so much of the Indian billionaires have ties to the United States. India has been so tied with Silicon Valley and all of the Indian computer programmers and designers in the United States , so that though the billionaires in India are very pro- US , because that's where their money is , ON THE OTHER HAND , the Indian population is very nationalistic that's Mod's party it's a nationalistic party .


So, you can see that by neglecting this political reality, the United States has as usual done exactly the opposite of the intended effect that Trump announced."