Wed, Jul 20, 2011
Some Restrictions Removed From Low-Risk Technology Exports
The Aerospace Industries Association said Monday it welcomes the
administration's proposed rule to relieve low-risk technology
exports of burdensome and unnecessary restrictions.
Marion Blakey
"For years the U.S. export control system has created confusion
and delay in exporting defense equipment to our allies and driven
up compliance costs across the industrial base," said AIA President
and CEO Marion C. Blakey. "These reforms are common sense ways of
supporting our military partners and our export
competitiveness."
The rule proposes that after appropriate interagency review and
consensus, technologies with low or no military or intelligence
sensitivity will be moved off of the U.S. Munitions List to the
Commerce Control List. Exports of these technologies to key
military allies and partners—especially if previously
approved—may be eligible for more flexible Commerce license
exemptions. Further, end items, parts and components that are not
"specially designed" for the military will now be subject to the
same export control requirements as their commercial market
equivalents.
"We support the national security focus of the administration's
export control reforms, and pushed for tighter controls on the
Commerce Control List to accommodate low-risk military-use
technologies that are reflected in the proposed rule," Blakey said.
"Properly identifying high-risk technologies that should remain on
the U.S. Munitions List allows our government to focus its finite
resources on controlling transactions that genuinely need the
highest level of scrutiny."
AIA looks forward to working with the administration and
Congress to prioritize the review of the U.S. Munitions List to
provide the greatest immediate relief to exporters.
Additionally, the government can further enhance our national and
economic security and foreign policy interests by adopting a
program licensing regime that dramatically reduces the number of
licenses required for U.S. government defense and security
programs.
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