U.S. seeks way out of India nuclear deal impasse
Aug 29, 2008 (Reuters)
VIENNA: The United States has told six nations its bid to lift a global ban on nuclear trade with India has stumbled over their objections and pressed them at a New Delhi meeting to relent, diplomats said on Friday.
India's nuclear deal headed for fiasco
Aug 29, 2008 (The Asia Times Online)
NEW DELHI: As the tortuous negotiations for the United States-India nuclear deal enters its final stage, it becomes clear that India seriously underestimated the discomfort and opposition the agreement would arouse in many countries because of the special privileges granted to India, largely on New Delhi's terms.
'No time for nuke deal now, over to Obama'
Aug 26, 2008 (The Times of India)
DENVER: The Bush administration and the UPA government can huff and puff all they want to get the US-India nuclear deal past the Nuclear Suppliers group in Vienna next week, but according to a prominent lawmaker who supports the agreement, it's not going to get through Congress in this session and will be deferred to a prospective Obama administration.
Changes in the draft waiver document
Aug 26, 2008 (The Economic Times)
It is now clear that there will be changes in the draft waiver document before it is presented to the NSG for its consideration at its next meeting in early September
Mulford seeks to reassure India
Aug 26, 2008 (The Hindu)
NEW DELHI: With the perception gaining ground in official circles here that the United States pulled its punches at last week’s meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, U.S. Ambassador David C. Mulford sought to clear the air by insisting Washington was committed to “working with India to rapidly complete the remaining steps” necessary to conclude the civil nuclear cooperation initiative.
Looking beyond the NSG debacle
Aug 25, 2008 (The Hindu)
A central premise of the civil nuclear energy cooperation initiative between New Delhi and Washington has been the assumption that the United States is the only major power with both the ability and the motivation to force a change in the discriminatory international rules governing nuclear commerce with India.
India and U.S. begin reworking draft nuclear deal
Aug 25, 2008 (Reuters)
NEW DELHI: The United States and India began reworking a draft agreement to win approval from a global nuclear trade bloc that has been skeptical of the two nations' proposed civilian nuclear deal, officials said on Monday.
India says NSG clearance is U.S. responsibility
Aug 23, 2008 (The Hindu)
VIENNA: The United States’ inability to deliver a key part of its side of the July 2005 nuclear bargain with New Delhi became apparent on Friday as the Nuclear Suppliers Group ended an extraordinary plenary meeting without reaching agreement on a proposal to waive its restrictive export guidelines for India.
Nuclear group delays decision on India trade ban
Aug 22, 2008 (The Associated Press)
VIENNA: The global body that governs the legal trade in nuclear materials postponed a decision Friday on whether to give New Delhi access to nuclear fuel and technology — a blow to a landmark deal between Washington and New Delhi.
U.S. officials feel NSG decision may take two sessions
Aug 21, 2008 (The Hindu)
VIENNA: Though the high-powered Indian delegation — Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon is accompanied by no less than six senior officials, all experts in the field of nuclear diplomacy — continues to remain hopeful of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) reaching a consensus on the deal during the two days that have been set aside for this purpose, American officials are less upbeat about the speed with which the deal can be done.
NSG meets on India waiver issue, 3 nations raise questions
Aug 21, 2008 (The Hindu)
VIENNA: The Nuclear Suppliers Group met here on Thursday to consider whether India should be allowed to resume civil nuclear trade with the world, a decision that appears to be a "tough" call as three nations raised questions even as New Delhi sought to allay fears over the initiative.
U.S. Push to Expand India's Nuclear Trade Draws Skepticism
Aug 21, 2008 (The Washington Post)
A Bush administration proposal to exempt India from restriction on nuclear trade has aroused skepticism from several members of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, diplomats said yesterday, making it increasingly unlikely that a deal will be reached in two-day meetings that begin today in Vienna.
International community split over U.S.-India nuclear deal
Aug 21, 2008 (The Christian Science Monitor)
A controversial US-India nuclear energy deal is expected to face a stiff challenge later this week from countries that adamantly oppose nuclear proliferation.
Hurdles in NSG draft down to just 3
Aug 20, 2008 (The Times of India )
NEW DELHI: After hectic negotiations between India, US and the nuclear naysayers, the huge clamour for "conditions" or "amendments" to the NSG draft waiver for India has been whittled down to three demands.
For nuclear club, it’s decision time on India
Aug 20, 2008 (The Hindu)
VIENNA: For a club with such strict rules of membership and forbidding guidelines of behaviour, the Nuclear Suppliers Group’s lack of a permanent address has always given the cartel something of a spectral character.
India's Nuclear Deal With U.S. Faces Test
Aug 20, 2008 (The Wall Street Journal)
A U.S.-India nuclear deal faces its next hurdle this week when a multinational group that monitors sales of civilian nuclear technology takes it up, exposing the pact to close scrutiny.
NZ to oppose India's nuclear deal
Aug 19, 2008 (Fairfax Media)
Speaking to reporters today Prime Minister Helen Clark said that New Zealand, as a nuclear free state, was concerned about the deal.
India, Germany hopeful of NSG clearance in one shot
Aug 19, 2008 (The Hindu)
NEW DELHI: Though provision has been made for the Nuclear Suppliers Group to meet again in a full-fledged plenary on September 2, Indian and German officials are hopeful that the 45-nation cartel might decide to relax its export rules for India during its two-day meeting in Vienna later this week.
India nuclear deal in political snafu
Aug 19, 2008 (Politico)
President Bush’s end-of-term to-do list includes solidifying an agreement with India on civilian nuclear trade that could send billions of dollars to U.S. corporations.
‘India expects NSG waiver without any change to draft’
Aug 18, 2008 (The Hindu)
MUMBAI: Ahead of the two-day extraordinary plenary meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in Vienna from Thursday, India on Sunday said it expected an exemption from the NSG restrictions without any change to the draft that was circulated by the U.S. to the group.
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