Democrats are said to be more hardline on nuclear proliferation issues. Would it affect Kerry's policies toward India?
India and the US have a very similar view of the need to implement a comprehensive international approach to preventing the transfer of nuclear materials and knowhow to dangerous and irresponsible governments and terrorists. He will work to strengthen our cooperation with India in all vital aspects of non-proliferation. Kerry believes that the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty promotes a vital interest shared by America, India, and the rest of the world: stopping nuclear proliferation and preventing nuclear terrorism.
How would Kerry look at Pakistan-based terrorist organisations attacking people and targets in India?
Cross-border terrorism must stop—period. We cannot say that often enough. The support that Pakistanis, official or unofficial, have given to terrorist actions in Kashmir must certainly cease.
Will Kerry stop outsourcing of jobs to India?
Kerry knows there have been misrepresentations of his position on this issue. What he is against is unfair tax laws that practically compel US companies to move their operations overseas. He is against a distorted tax code that rewards business leaders for shutting down American factories and laying off American workers, including those in the Indian American community, who have been hit particularly hard by job losses in the IT and medical diagnosis sectors. He advocates a trade policy that is good for America and good for the world. As an advocate of free and fair trade, Kerry will make sure that criticism of business practices which harm American workers doesn't generate a backlash against Indian-Americans, the same way that trade disputes with Japan in the 1980s led to incidents of anti-Asian bigotry. He has absolutely no use for anyone who uses the outsourcing debate as an excuse to fan the flames of intolerance.
