The U.S. government on Jan. 25 announced it has removed divisions of India's space agency from a list of organizations barred from certain space technology exports as part of a broader thawing in U.S.-Indian trade relations. The announcement, by the U.S. Commerce Department, said the easing of export controls includes taking India off the list of nations to which exports are restricted in the name of curbing the proliferation of weapons technology. A U.S.-India bilateral summit in November had concluded with a promise from the U.S. delegation, led by President Barack Obama, that many of the restrictions on technology exports to India, particularly those dealing with arms, would be eased.
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