Technology and East-West Trade: An UpdateCongress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment, 1983 - Communist countries - 106 pages |
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Page 100 - States and only to the extent necessary — (A) to restrict the export of goods and technology which would make a significant contribution to the military potential of any other country or combination of countries which would prove detrimental to the national security of the United States...
Page 80 - ... may be effectively transferred. (2) The Secretary of Defense shall bear primary responsibility for developing a list of militarily critical technologies. In developing such list, primary emphasis shall be given to— (A) arrays of design and manufacturing know-how, (B) keystone manufacturing, inspection, and test equipment, (C) goods accompanied by sophisticated operation, application, or maintenance knowhow...
Page 37 - BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY AND TRADE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, DC...
Page 89 - Technical data" means information of any kind that can be used, or adapted for use, in the design, production, manufacture, utilization, testing, maintenance, or reconstruction of articles or materials.
Page 1 - ... value of the good, unless the good itself, if exported, would by virtue of the functional characteristics of the good as a whole make a significant contribution to the military potential of a controlled country which would prove detrimental to the national security of the United States.
Page 103 - Third, taking into account existing economic and financial considerations, we have agreed to handle cautiously financial relations with the USSR and other Eastern European countries, in such a way as to ensure that they are conducted on a sound economic basis, including also the need for commercial prudence in limiting export credits.
Page 80 - ... (D) keystone equipment which would reveal or give insight into the design and manufacture of a United States military system, which are not possessed by, or available in fact from sources outside the United States to, controlled countries and which, if exported, would permit a significant advance in a military system of any such country.
Page 73 - December 7, 11, 12, 13, and 14, 1979, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs held hearings on illegal narcotics profits.
Page 43 - We concluded that consultations and, where appropriate, coordination are necessary to ensure that, in the field of East-West relations, our economic policies continue to be compatible with our political and security objectives.
Page 16 - ... Export Administration Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96-72) and section 309(c) of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-242), that is: (1) To exercise the necessary vigilance from the standpoint of their significance to the national security of the United States; (2) To...