Since the Hyde Act is only a US Law, and the actual agreement with the US is the 123 Agreement, how is India is bound by the Hyde Act?
India is not bound by the Hyde Act, but the US is. For us, the 123 Agreement is a agreement with the US for supply of fuel and equipment. The key issue is how to bind the US as a supplier. The US officials are on record that the 123 Agreement ensures that all the Hyde Act conditions are met, the Government’s contrary claims notwithstanding. “..we had to make sure that everything in this U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement, the 123 Agreement, was completely consistent with the Hyde Act and well within the bounds of the Hyde Act itself.”(Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs ?Washington, DC ?July 27, 2007). The US has built into the 123 Agreement that it can pull out whenever it wants: the termination clause makes clear that if either party feels, consultation preceding termination will serve no purpose, they can cease further co-operation. In case the US terminates the 123 Agreement, all fuel supplies will stop and all equipment has to be returned to the US.
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