$30 billion not enough.

Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar said in London, "I would say America today is a power which is reinventing itself." "Americans have had the wisdom to realize that they need to work with other partners and it is this American openness today which is shaping the Indo Pacific." How sweet. In its "wisdom", "At least two Indian products are facing anti-subsidy action in the form of countervailing duty (CVD) in the US and EU due to their use of Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Products or RODTEP, the new government scheme meant to refund levies." "The levy itself may not be large, but it opens the doors to more cases." TOI. While lauding "American openness", "India has called on Canada to take steps to strengthen further its domestic framework to prevent the misuse of 'freedom of expression'." ABP. Actually, "freedom of expression" is enshrined in the very First Amendment of the US Constitution (US Congress), and the "US spy agencies reportedly provided information to Canada after Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in June this year." BS. "Trade Minister Mary Ng suggested...that Canada won't restart its trade talks with India until Narendra Modi's government cooperates with the investigation into the murder of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Vancouver last June." "Last Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken repeated his call for the government of India to cooperate with Canada on the ongoing investigation." CBC. In September, "India has called Canada a 'safe haven for terrorists' following its suspension of visas for Canadian citizens." CNN. So, why is India so polite to the Americans while taking a very tough line with Canada? "Justin Trudeau is facing pressure to resign or be forced out of the leadership of the Liberal Party due to his declining popularity in opinion polls." HT. But, even if Trudeau is forced out there is little possibility that anyone taking his place is going to drop this allegation against India. The new person could take a tougher stance. Apparently, Canada will lose money because, "In 2022, 226,000 students out of 550,000 international students in Canada were from India," contributing $30 billion to the economy." India Today. India's exports to Canada was $4.1 billion and imports from Canada were $4.06 billion for a total of $8.16 billion. BS. Since Canada is getting $30 billion from students and $4.06 from exports it should surrender. To put it in perspective, US trade with Canada totaled an estimated $908.9 billion in 2022, while US trade with India totaled an estimated $191.8 in 2022. ustr.gov. Actually, Khalistan is not an issue at all because 99% of Sikhs do not support the idea. ET. But Qatar is a major issue because, "The appeal lodged by the Indian government challenging the death sentence of eight former Indian Navy officials has been dismissed by a Qatar court, as reported by television news channel CNN-News18 citing undisclosed sources." Asianet. If the men are executed the government may force a complete silence on all news channels in India and may place the families under arrest to prevent them speaking out. Maybe, we will get the truth from Canada. $30 billion not enough to buy silence.