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The Minister of State for External Affairs, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh told the Lok Sabha that India and the United States finalised an arrangement in September 2004 for end-use verification of selected dual use items subject to US licensing requirements or prohibitions. The focus of the arrangement is on end-use and not on end-users.
The Minister said that under the arrangement, the Government of India would facilitate pre-license checks and post-shipment verifications in order to ensure the security of high-technology trade with the United States. As a result, the US Government has adopted more liberal and predictable licensing policies. This had led to expansion of high-technology commerce between the two countries, he added.
Shri Singh was replying to a question by Sh. Rayapati Sambasiva Rao & Sh. Adhalrao Patil Shivaji Rao.
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