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The article reports that the dispute over the content of a 2005 agreement that would let the United States sell nuclear technology to India will come to a head when President George W. Bush visits India. The agreement was meant to give India more civil nuclear technology, in exchange for some regulation of its nuclear program. Since the president's meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, there has been disagreement on both sides concerning the exact meaning of the agreement.

The article reports that the Nuclear Suppliers Group who were meeting in Vienna on August 21 and 22, 2008, has scheduled two additional days to further discuss the U.S.-India nuclear-trade pact. The group did not reach a consensus on a U.S. proposal to allow the transfer of nuclear technology for civilian purposes to India. India has not yet signed the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. As stated, the organization's goal is to reserve the benefits of civilian nuclear technology only to those who comply with the treaty's guidelines.