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00:00growth in artificial intelligence and to help U.S. and Indian energy companies unlock their
00:05innovation potential, the Biden administration has determined that it is past time to take
00:11the next major step in cementing this partnership.
00:15So today I can announce that the United States is now finalizing the necessary steps to remove
00:22longstanding regulations that have prevented civil nuclear cooperation between India's
00:27leading nuclear entities and U.S. companies.
00:31The formal paperwork will be done soon, but this will be an opportunity to turn the page
00:37on some of the frictions of the past and create opportunities for entities that have been
00:42on restricted lists in the United States to come off those lists and enter into deep collaboration
00:48with the United States, with our private sector, with our scientists and technologists to move
00:54civil nuclear cooperation forward together.
00:58This is a statement of confidence in the progress we've made and the progress we will continue
01:02to make as strategic partners and as countries who share a commitment to peaceful nuclear
01:08cooperation.
01:09It's also the result of India's open and transparent engagement with our administration
01:14over the course of four years, which has enabled us to open this new chapter together.
01:21Of course, none of the work we've done together over any of these years has been easy.
01:25We've had to navigate our fair share of turbulence, legacy relationships, tensions over trade,
01:32as well as over human rights and the rule of law at home and abroad.
01:36But we've navigated these issues together with our eye on the long game, and our ability
01:41to do so reflects the deep and enduring resilience between the U.S. and India across generations,
01:48across administrations, and, yes, across the aisle.
01:52This leads to my parting thought.
01:55Where do we go from here?
01:58I'm deeply proud of the work the U.S. and India have done together under ICESat to shape
02:02the technologies of the future.
02:04I'm deeply proud of the fact that I believe we are passing the baton on to the next administration
02:09in two weeks' time in an even stronger position than what we inherited four years ago.
02:15But there is still so much to be done.
02:18It's not going to be enough for the U.S. and India to simply collaborate in building the
02:22critical technologies of the future.
02:25We also are going to have to work together to shape the diffusion, protection, and the
02:30rules that govern those technologies.
02:34We've already begun this work in domains like space, where India's decision to join the
02:38Artemis Accords is allowing us to establish a common set of principles around civilian
02:43space exploration.
02:45We're going to need to do the same thing in other spheres as well, such as the employment
02:49of artificial intelligence and advanced biotechnologies, both of which are going to have enormous consequences
02:54on every facet of life.
02:57And as we see more and more new technologies diverted to unfriendly actors, the U.S. and
03:02India are going to have to ensure that valuable dual-use technologies don't fall into the
03:07wrong hands.
03:09That means aligning our export control systems, looking at trade measures to protect our industrial
03:14strategies from overcapacity, better securing our supply chains, and reviewing outbound
03:20and inbound investment in sensitive sectors.
03:24As we take those steps, we need to expand the work we're doing to leverage American
03:29and Indian innovation to help the world, especially emerging economies, enable equitable growth
03:36across the globe.
03:38And finally, our partnership can be most effectively sustained and can actually only
03:44reach its full potential if we live up together to the values that lie at the core of our
03:49democracies – respect for the rule of law that creates the conditions for dynamic growth,
03:55respect for pluralism and tolerance that powers innovation, and the protection of basic freedoms
04:03that unleash the human spirit.
04:05I say this as someone who fully believes that the United States can realize those aspirations,
04:12that these are the basic truths about how our democracies will grow and flourish.
04:18So let me close with this.
04:20This is likely – because I've stopped actually predicting just about anything in
04:27this crazy world we live in – but this is likely the last trip overseas that I will
04:32lead as National Security Advisor.
04:35But I cannot think of a better way to end my tenure in the White House, visiting India
04:40on my final overseas trip, to mark the advances we've made together over the past four years.
04:46This is a shared and historic achievement, a cornerstone of the Biden administration's
04:51foreign policy legacy.
04:53We've had to deal with our challenging moments.
04:56We've had to work to resolve difficult issues.