On Economic Aid:
China was equally poor during the cold war. China did not get a dime. There was no US economic aid to Vietnam in the 1980s, Cuba after Castro, Angola and Mozambique. Some of these states were dirt poor. If India was truly a Soviet client or stooge we would not have gotten much. $60 billion does not include billions in World Bank loans.
I like ur attempt at cherry picking US Aid to Vietnam being non existent in the 1980s but the picture looks much different when u paint the whole truth. While India was the top recipient of US economic aid at around $65 billion so far, Vietnam is also in the top 10 and received somewhere around $41 billion. Now based on the population of both u can easily calculate that Vietnam received a much higher economic aid per capita. And this is the same Vietnam where US lost the war and a communist regime took over. As for Angola and Mozambique they also received economic aid and continue to receive economic aid. I don't know where u r getting the data that they didn't.
US economic aid program is multidimensional, one cannot infer a simple good or bad relations based on the amount of aid given.
On Trade:
There is a difference between enemies and rivals. India and Pakistan do not trade much. Arab states and Israel did not trade. North & South Korea do not trade. USA did not trade with Cuba, Iran, Libya, Syria when they were hostile. For that matter Pakistan did little trade with Russia.
All you have proved with your example is that India and China are in a class of their own.
South Korea and North Korea don't trade bcuz they have other options. KSA and Israel don't trade bcuz they have other options. USA did not trade with Cuba bcuz USA could get whatever Cuba had to offer from elsewhere. These r fine examples of enemies not trading.
Now as for enemies actually trading I already gave u examples...China/India trade and US/China trade. The reasons for this aren't as u suggested that somehow India and China are special. The reason is simple economics. If India was to import everything it imports from China...from elsewhere it would cost more. This same applies to US/China trade. The moment some other country pops up that can provide those things at a cheaper price US(and other countries) wouldn't hesitate to buy those things from that said country. Remember the time when Japan was king in terms of exporting TVs and other such devices? Now South Korea and China have replaced much of that. Such is the cycle of trade...nothing is special about any country.
If anything this just further proves my point that u cannot draw a conclusion that two countries are buddies simply bcuz they traded with each other.
I understand that u brought up trading and economic assistance between US and India in order to back up ur argument about how US and India were always somehow aligned...but to put simply no correlation exists there.
As far as India and China go we are the largest countries on this planet. If USA was going to allow civilian nuclear technology to China India was next in line.
So just bcuz a country is big it deserves to be allowed civilian nuclear tech?...
...Or did u mean big in terms of population? which means high energy demands...and therefore money to be made by the countries who sell civil nuclear tech and fuel...the same countries who make up the majority of NSG...
Hmm I wonder if I included that in the list of reasons why they want to allow India in to NSG and gave that waiver.
NSG was created after Indian nuclear test. It does not mean it is directed solely at India.
Of course there is politics, some commercial interests also. Some of the NSG countries ask simple questions
Is the organization better off having a country in it or not ?
Has the country complied or willing to comply with the spirit and letter of nuclear non-proliferation agreements.
Pakistan is not asking for the waiver because there is no chance anyone will approve it
Again how do u know that? Do u come from an alternate reality where Pak did apply for the waiver and got shot down?
Plz do tell me what is there for Pakistan to gain by having that waiver or being a member of NSG? I don't see any potential gains for the foreseeable future and that's why there is no need to apply. Plz enlighten me if u do.
China pushed Pakistan membership solely to derail the case for Indian membership.
If Pakistan is not interested in getting a NSG waiver why are you interested in membership?
Pakistan's sole concern is just like how China is able to block India's bid...if India gets in without Pak then India can one day do the same...and though Pak doesn't need it right now but if India got in before Pak, this would potentially shut Pak out forever.
China doesn't want India to get in and nor does Pak(for the reason I listed above). But if push comes to shove and India has to get in then China wants Pak to get in at the same time as India(Pak wants that too...in order to prevent being blocked by India in the future).
To be honest if it ever came to it that the rules are amended to allow non NPT signatories like India and Pakistan in the NSG then it wouldn't really be NSG that it is today. What's the point of the rules that u set...if u r going to modify them at will to suit ur needs?
China does business with Pakistan outside the NSG framework
China had to jump through all kinds of loopholes in order to do that. Being an NSG member China is bound by certain rules and regulations, it can't just freely do whatever it wants. This is why it would be more beneficial for China if Pak was to become NSG member.
