President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered into a “breakthrough” nuclear agreement Sunday in what will likely be one of the most significant outcomes of the president’s heavily symbolic swing through India.

The deal would shift liability off American companies and onto insurers in the event of a nuclear accident in India, a move aimed at drawing foreign businesses to the country who would otherwise avoid setting up reactors there.

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