US has made it very clear that India has to abide by the Hyde Act. Now let us see what the high profile politicians from India who back the deal say about this. Atleast they should now understand now the suppressive motive of the US, and should take the initiative to develop thorium resources based reactors.
RE:The cat is out of the bag
by palash ghosh on Aug 08, 2008 09:57 AM Permalink
They wont say anything. They will behave as if nothing happened. And trust our media to take the responsiobilty of hiding this fact from public
RE:The cat is out of the bag
by All Right on Aug 08, 2008 09:40 AM Permalink
Two reactions.
1. Since the 123 Agreement and IAEA safeguard agreement do not specifically refer to Hyde Act but indirectly refer only to domestic laws of both parties (India & US), India can pass a domestic law to negate the Hyde provisions. Legall, the US is bind to their domestic laws while India to our own. This creates a legal gridlock. Such a law, India tactly will pass after the US Congress ratifies the treaty since it may raise a controversy among US legislators if we did before the US Congress rtifies the agreement
2. Once we get a NSG waiver, it means we can trade with any country we wish to nuclear trade with. The 123 Agreement does not curtail this right. So we can trade with countries like Russia, France who do not have such Hyde Act equivalents. Accordingly it becomes in US commercial interests to let Hyde Act provisions be superceded practically as they do in China's case. Though the Sino-US deal talks about Tibet and human rights, the US makes noises on these issues without endangering the treaty
RE:RE:The cat is out of the bag
by All Right on Aug 08, 2008 09:47 AM Permalink
To Add there are two parts to the Hyde Act.
1. The first part is the Preamble - which contains all the apparent draconian provisions.
2. The second part is the operational part which is the only significant part. What is does is that it enables US to enter into a deal with India indirectly recognizing India as a nuclear weaponized state.
3. The Preamble is just hot air unless reflected in Part II of the Hyde Act. It gives the US Congress a fig leaf cover to give India what its foreign policy and domestic laws do not allow for the US to get into agreement with a nuclear weaponized state
