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  • Gates Outlines Export Control Overhaul
    May 5, 2010

    The Obama administration is shifting U.S. policy on export controls by focusing its efforts on “crown jewel” technology and items, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said last month.

    The plan, announced April 20 in a speech to a Business Executives for National Security meeting in Washington, would align procedures across multiple bureaucracies in the near term without new legislation. It also calls for working with Congress to adopt new laws that would make a single agency responsible for export licenses, possibly by the end of this year. Many key elements have yet to be detailed, including which specific weapons and dual-use goods might be moved to new tiers or removed entirely from control lists. Dual-use goods are items, technology, and information that have both military and civilian uses.
  • UK Revokes Arms Export Licenses to Israel
    September 4, 2009

    Following public outcry from British citizens and members of Parliament, the United Kingdom in July revoked five licenses for the export of arms components to Israel. The British decision could encourage other European Union (EU) members to review their current Israel export policy, a European Commission (EC) official said. According to a British government official, an EU working group will meet in Brussels Sept. 4 to discuss exports to Israel. (Continue)
  • Export Control Review Launched
    September 4, 2009

    The White House last month announced it was launching a major review of the U.S. export control system, and the chairman of a key congressional committee said he hoped to introduce new legislation at the beginning of next year that would replace a central component of that system. (Continue)
  • G-8 Tightens Nuclear Export Rules
    September 4, 2009

    The members of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrialized countries agreed to adopt new rules for sensitive nuclear exports, according to a statement released during the group’s July 8-10 summit in L’Aquila, Italy. Subsequent remarks by officials from some of the G-8 countries regarding trade with India, however, seem to be at odds with the G-8 statement. (Continue)
  • GAO Finds Gap in U.S. Export Controls
    July 2, 2009

    Sensitive dual-use and military technology can be easily and legally purchased within the United States and illegally exported without detection, according to a report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) last month. (Continue)
  • Defense Trade Treaties Stall in Congress
    November 4, 2008

    Congress adjourned in October without acting on proposed defense trade treaties inked in 2007 with Australia and the United Kingdom. Other presidentially directed adjustments in how the Department of State administers defense trade did progress, with a new fee structure announced for license reviews. (Continue)
  • UN Report Urges Progress on WMD Controls
    September 2, 2008

    A UN nonproliferation committee issued a progress report July 30 on states' efforts to implement a global instrument aimed at preventing terrorists and other nonstate actors from acquiring weapons of mass destruction. The report indicated that although many states have instituted a range of measures for this purpose, countries "need to do far more than they have already done" to fulfill their international obligations in this regard. (Continue)
  • U.S. Proposal for India-Specific Exemption from Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines Circulated August 2008
    August 13, 2008
  • What's Next for India's Nuclear Trade Future: Key Issues before the IAEA, NSG and U.S. Congress
    July 30, 2008
    Press briefing to address key issues before the international community on the controversial proposal and outline key conditions and restrictions that would reduce the adverse impacts on nonproliferation.
  • IAEA-Indian Nuclear Safeguards Agreement: A Critical Analysis
    July 30, 2008

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