Under section 231 of CAATSA, any third-country firm or individual that engages in a "significant transaction" with Russia's defence or intelligence sectors will face a penalty. CAATSA also targets Iran along with North Korea. What is CAATSA ? Why is the possibility of US sanctions on india ? Just Mediocre CAATSA was passed by the US Congress and signed by President Donald Trump. Enacted on August 2, 2017, it aims to counter the aggression by Iran, Russia and North Korea through punitive measures. Recently, the Senate and House Armed Services Committee in a joint conference report to the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA)-2019 provided a modified waiver to section 231 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act or CAATSA. CAATSA waiver though general in nature is intended at preventing US sanctions on India, which is planning to buy five S-400 Triumf air defence systems from Russia. Make sure to comment your thoughts on this video from Just Mediocre Check out these other awesome videos! • All Latest videos Instagram / just_prshanth Twitter https://twitter.com/just_Prshanth?s=09 Subscribe this channel / justmediocreprshanth Copyright Declaration This channel respects copyright law. If you believe that a video infringes your copyrights, you may submit to us a notification pursuant to applicable law so that we can solve it as soon as possible. Do not use this procedure for matters unrelated to copyright infringement. You can report alleged copyright infringement by emailing to. [email protected] Note - All the images shown in the video belongs to their respective owners and not us. video. But if you feel that we have violated your image use policy than please email. We are not the owner of any pictures showed in the video . Copyright Use Disclaimer - This video is educatic purpose only. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use