INDO-US TIES: 'India and the US may never be allies'!

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http://www.rediff.com / Last updated on: July 7, 2011 11:34 IST.

Aziz Haniffa in Washington, DC.

In an exclusive interview, Strobe Talbott, a key protagonist in resurrecting the United States-India relationship after India's nuclear tests in May 1998, talks about the US-India relations, Iran and the Pakistan situation toRediff.com's Aziz Haniffa.

Talbott, the inaugural winner of India Abroad's (the leading Indian American newspaper headquartered in New York and owned byrediff.com) Friend of India Award last month in a glittering ceremony in New York, says, "India and the US are not now, and may never be allies."

Talbott, who is now president of the Brookings Institution -- a leading Washington, DC, think tank, -- adds, "And, by the way, one reason we may never be or not, in the foreseeable future, is because there is still a huge constituency in support of India's non-aligned status, despite the fact that I would say that non-alignment and the non-aligned movement is very much an artifact of the Cold War."

01) In Indo-US ties, the only focus of US has is purely business: to sell its Aircraft, Nuclear Technology, Outdated Armaments, et al;

02) Whereas India looks towards - inter alia - a demonstrable support in fighting against the terrorists infiltrating into its borders:

03) Otherwise each have own agenda that in not always in tune with the that of other, so India and US can never become allies, at the best, trade-partners!

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INDO-US TIES: India, U.S. to fast track bilateral investment treaty dialogue!

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PTI / The Hindu / WASHINGTON, June 23, 2011.

File photo of Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma (right) with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk - PTI.

India and the United States on Wednesday agreed to fast-track technical negotiations for early conclusion of a Bilateral Investment Agreement during a meeting between Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk.

“We agreed to re-invigorate the Trade Policy Forum (TPF) and make it more robust and effective in resolving bilateral commercial issues, while maintaining the political leadership of the process,” Mr. Sharma told Indian reporters after the meeting.

“The two sides also agreed to fast-track the technical negotiations for an early conclusion of the India-U.S. Bilateral Investment Agreement,” Mr. Sharma said, adding there would be two rounds of negotiations before the next meeting of the ministerial level TPF, expected to be held in October, 2011, in India.

Reaffirming that the TPF is the premier dialogue for addressing trade and investment issues between the two countries, a separate USTR statement said the two agreed that the TPF should be strengthened to better facilitate resolution of outstanding issues of concern and looked forward to a constructive meeting of the TPF later this year.

“The booming bilateral trade and investment flows between the United States and India support tens of thousands of critical jobs in both countries and we know that will only grow significantly in the coming years,” Mr. Kirk said.

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