India–US P-8I Poseidon Deal Frozen as Cost Escalation, Trade Tariffs and China’s Expanding Naval Presence Converge in Indian Ocean

India–US P-8I Poseidon Deal Frozen as Cost Escalation, Trade Tariffs and China’s Expanding Naval Presence Converge in Indian Ocean

The Indo-Pacific, negotiations between India and the United States for the acquisition of six additional Boeing P-8I Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft remain frozen in a strategic deadlock. What was once considered one of the most politically secure and operationally indispensable defence procurements in India’s maritime arsenal has instead become emblematic of how pricing shocks, economic coercion, and geopolitical misalignment can derail even …