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U.S. Inc. lobbies for India at NSG

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NEW DELHI: Recognising that it may take more than one round of meetings to end the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group’s (NSG) high technology denial regime imposed on India, the U.S.-India Business Council has said it had “mobilised its resolve” to push for NSG approval and ratification of the legislation this year in the U.S. Congress — for India to start international civil nuclear trade.

“Today’s meeting at the NSG … is a crucial step that will bring India into the international mainstream – which is good for nuclear non-proliferation, good for global energy security, and good for the environment,” said Ron Somers, president of the USIBC. The trade association represents the largest U.S. companies investing in India, and which is advocating for civil nuclear cooperation with India.

The NSG’s admission of India to the global non-proliferation regime will see IAEA safeguards applied to 14 of India’s 22 nuclear facilities, Indian support for the IAEA Additional Protocol, Indian harmonisation with the Missile Technology Control Regime, and other non-proliferation gains, said the USIBC.

The NSG approval will provide power to sustain India’s nine per cent growth. Without nuclear energy, India will be forced to rely on costly and carbon-emitting fossil fuels.

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