India has asked the United States to review and update its export controls to reflect the changed political realities of their emerging strategic partnership. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao raised the issue with the US Department of Commerce during a two day meeting of the India-US High Technology Cooperation Group in Washington. According to an Indian embassy release the two sides were able to consolidate the progress made in the last five years and identified the next steps for further expanding high technology trade between India and the US. The identified steps were especially in the areas of Defense and Strategic Trade, Biotechnology and Nano-technology. Our correspondent reports the total exports of Advanced Technology Products from the US to India has increased from 1.3 billion dollars in 2003 to over 4 billion dollars in 2009 particularly against the backdrop of the global economic slowdown.<br/>