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U.S. President George Bush will sign legislation today (Wednesday) to enact a landmark agreement opening up civilian nuclear trade between the United States and India.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet with Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee to sign the agreement itself on Friday.

The deal ends a 34-year ban on nuclear trade with India -- allowing the U.S. to share civilian nuclear technology and material with New Delhi in exchange for India opening some of its nuclear facilities to U.N. inspection.

The ban was put into place after India first tested nuclear weapons in 1974. The country has not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

U.S. lawmakers approved the agreement last week.