The United States has progressively eased in many the restrictions, especially those relating to economic measures, that it had imposed under its domestic law following the nuclear tests of May 1998. Restrictions continue to be maintained on US support for lending, by International Financial. Institutions to India, certain credit and credit guarantees by US Government. The, US has removed 53 Indian organizations from the Entity List from the original list of over 200 organizations. The ongoing dialogue on security and non-proliferation issues, which began after May 1998, has led to some progress in reducing the gap in mutual understanding between the two sides on these issues.
Some differences continue to remain.
The two sides have agreed to continue the dialogue to further narrow the differences in this area.