In the shifting architecture of global trade, the United States has quietly placed India among the nations it considers most structurally exposed to Chinese goods evading American tariffs — not as an accusation of bad faith, but as a warning about the vulnerabilities that come with economic scale and complexity. The designation, part of a broader American campaign against what officials call the 'Great Transhipment Scam,' arrives as India and the US are already navigating difficult negotiations over reciprocal tariffs and New Delhi's energy ties with Russia. It is a reminder that in an era of