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> willing to sell those parts to Russia

Not sure about this, it's not about will, it's about not being thrown in a sanction package youself.

It's not like the US/EU can just sanction China and India on top of the Russian and Iranian sanctions. All that would do is make those countries more economically connected than ever before, and creating an alternative for smaller sanctioned countries like Syria and Venezuela, making all sanctions useless.

They would risk their biggest market with potential for growth for a tiny market that is shrinking further. Also, China may not like NATO, but they are not great fans of the war in Ukraine either.

Where does China and india sell its stuff to?

They both rely on oil and gas so aren't willing to negotiate on that, but they are dependent on the west for trade so will play ball.

> Where does China and india sell its stuff to?

True, but this works in reverse as well. Where does the US/Europe get their stuff from?

Obviously western society won't collapse due to the lack of Chinese merchandise, but it will have a huge effect.

Which is exactly where this is all heading.

The threat of sanctions seems to be greater than actual sanctions, if the past four months are anything to go by.

If anything, the sanctions that were imposed on Russia only served to illustrate the above, and may serve as incentive to other dictatorial hopefuls.

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