Although US-India trade and commercial relations have greatly expanded, almost in tandem with the dramatic turnaround in bilateral political relations, the Obama administration had laid great store by India’s mega fighter jets deal. President Barack Obama appeared to lead it from the front, making the push for Boeing and Lockheed Martin during his India visit last November. For Obama, a key selling point to his political constituency was the estimated 27,000 American jobs that the deal would be generating.