France has once again reaffirmed its possition as the worlds greatest supplier of nuclear technology. Okay granted, this does not consitute proliferation of nuclear weapons however the french government is following the American example and exporting civilian nuclear technology to India. President Bonaparte (honest lapsus linguae, I mean Sarkozy) signed a trade deal with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that will create the framework for India to purchase France's latest model of the European Pressurised Reactor. The deal ends a ban on India which up to know prohibited countries from engaging in civilian nuclear trade with them. This is a Godsent for India's growing lust for energy to provide for her massive population and equally important for france who has found a huge market with unparalleled purchasing power. But why stop there, I heard Pakistan and North Korea also have relatively large populations and are eager to buy 'civilian nuclear technologies' -after all they are potential markets in the region, where does all this madness end?
A.B.P.
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LOL President Bonaparte? Sarkozy is no Bonaparte don't disrespect Bonaparte please~
Laura K.
I find the French deal quite interesting for two reasons. One is connected to domestic French politics, that is, the deal provides some sort of boost to the French nuclear industry--at a time when we can expect international trade to slump--and so perhaps pleases some on those grounds. At the same time, it is a Gaullist move, as well as a classic move of the French nuclear complex leadership from as far back as the 1950s; here, again, we see an attempt to counter the Americans, whether it's reactors, or uranium.
As for Sarkozy/Bonaparte, don't think so: mroe like Sarkozy-De Gaulle, but I wouldn't push the comparison.
M.A.
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