"NEW DELHI: Americans may be able to savour irradiated Indian mangoes next summer under a Framework Equivalence Plan signed as part of the Indo-U.S. Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture Education, Research, Services and Commercial Linkages.
In a reference on Thursday, U.S. President George Bush said at his joint press conference with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: "I look forward to eating Indian mangoes with the opening up of markets and
liberalisation of trade." The U.S. authorities have agreed to consider lifting sanitary and phyto-sanitary ban on its import.
The framework outlines the fundamental requirements to allow bilateral trade of commodities treated by irradiation as phyto-sanitary measure. "With this, the regulatory process for export of irradiated mangoes from India to the U.S. may be initiated and hopefully completed in about a year," said a fact sheet."
http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/03/stories/2006030302011500.htm
They get Nukes, we get Nuclear Mangoes in return!
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