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US overturns ban on nuclear trade with India
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by Dave Keating | October 1, 2008 at 11:53 pm
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Though there were concerns that the deal allowing the UNited States to trade in nuclear materials with India would not pass before the end of President Bush's second term, it appears that the deal has gone through.
The United States yesterday overturned a three-decade ban on the trade of atomic fuel and technology with India, providing President Bush with what may prove his most significant foreign policy victory while in office.
Analysts say the landmark move underscores Washington's ambitions to champion India as an Asian counterweight to China. India has argued that access to nuclear power is essential to fuel its economic rise.
President Bush said the legislation "will strengthen our global nuclear non-proliferation efforts, protect the environment, create jobs and assist India in meeting its growing energy needs in a responsible manner."
However, critics have condemned Mr Bush's unprecedented willingness to supply India with civilian nuclear technology despite the country's refusal to sign the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty or the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. India tested nuclear weapons as recently as 1998 and has refused to rule out doing so again.
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at 00:23 on October 2nd, 2008
Dave Keating, I like this story. It's good stuff.
India is okay? Yet Iran is not? I fail to see the logic, for both are democracies, both have nabbers with major security problems and violence and both are dealing with extreme movements with in there countries.
at 00:28 on October 2nd, 2008
And I forgot, Both have a long and close relation with Russia, France and China.
Both have to deal with corruption with the government apparatus and both have major trades with countries that the US do not like. Neither do like the US to much as well.
I really wonder how this can be argued with reason and logic, well it may not be possible.
at 00:42 on October 2nd, 2008
Dave Keating, I like this story. It's good stuff.
I suppose it's a better situation that having Nuclear Inspectors thrown out of the country.
at 01:34 on October 2nd, 2008
You did find an argument, I forgot about, However the Iranian Government is strongly criticizing its own president lately on this issue and this from both sides, the reform and conservative side as well wish was rather surprising at first.
at 07:09 on October 2nd, 2008
Dave Keating, I like this story. It's good stuff. if my information is correct then india, israel, north korea and pakistan are the only countries that have not signed the nuclear non proliferation treaty, while 190 have signed and ratified it. right?
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Sanjay Jhaat 19:18 on October 2nd, 2008
Hi Rumana, Yes It is true that India has not signed either NPT or even CTBT and that's why it was not allowed to trade into Uranium for long time. India and Pakistan have exploded nuclear bomb and they were both banned and had to face many kinds of sanctions.