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More liberalisation of US exports of high-tech goods expected
Washington, July 03: With Washington no longer pressurising New Delhi to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty, further liberalisation of US exports of high-tech, dual-use goods to India is expected, foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal has said
Washington, July 03: With Washington no longer pressurising New Delhi to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty, further liberalisation of US exports of high-tech, dual-use goods to India is expected, foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal has
said
Sibal said, "The US is no longer asking India to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or full-scope safeguards."
"Though they have their laws restricting exports of strategic goods to non-signatories, they have found that there is room for further liberalisation without changing the laws, and how far they can go will probably be known by November by the next meeting of the High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG) in New Delhi," Sibal told reporters here after conclusion of the two-day meeting of HTCG.
The two governments had agreed to form the HTCG in November 2002 to facilitate and promote bilateral high-technology trade, including trade in dual-use goods and technologies, as part of the broad commitment by US President George W Bush and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to transform the relationship between the two countries.
"Both sides discussed changes in policy and regulation that can facilitate such trade and strengthen controls on the possible diversion of sensitive items. Today's meeting of the HTCG was an important step in this process," US Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I Juster said.
"Creating the conditions for a vibrant high-technology trade relationship is a key component of the administration's overall agenda for fundamentally transforming US-Indian relations," Juster said.
"Though they have their laws restricting exports of strategic goods to non-signatories, they have found that there is room for further liberalisation without changing the laws, and how far they can go will probably be known by November by the next meeting of the High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG) in New Delhi," Sibal told reporters here after conclusion of the two-day meeting of HTCG.
The two governments had agreed to form the HTCG in November 2002 to facilitate and promote bilateral high-technology trade, including trade in dual-use goods and technologies, as part of the broad commitment by US President George W Bush and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to transform the relationship between the two countries.
"Both sides discussed changes in policy and regulation that can facilitate such trade and strengthen controls on the possible diversion of sensitive items. Today's meeting of the HTCG was an important step in this process," US Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I Juster said.
"Creating the conditions for a vibrant high-technology trade relationship is a key component of the administration's overall agenda for fundamentally transforming US-Indian relations," Juster said.
Bureau Report