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Executive Summary: Export Controls (Commercial). Patricia Acosta Carranza George Mason University November 12, 2013. Export Controls. Designed mainly for: National security Foreign policy Nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction Commerce Dual use items
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Executive Summary:Export Controls (Commercial) Patricia Acosta Carranza George Mason University November 12, 2013
Export Controls • Designed mainly for: • National security • Foreign policy • Nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction • Commerce • Dual use items • Commodities in short supply
Regulation (Commercial) • Department of Commerce: Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) • Export Administration Regulations • Export Administration Act of 1979 • Commerce Control List • Enforcement: • BIS • Homeland Security • Justice
Challenges • Export control regulation is outdated • Concerns about recent reform: • Changes in the CCL will cause increased regulatory costs on the short term • Lower export restrictions may result in manufacturing processes moving abroad • Balancing national security and export competitiveness of U.S. industries • Impact: • Science and Technology • Defense
Recommendation: ECR Initiative • Export Control Reform • Single licensing agency • Single control list • Single enforcement coordination center • Single IT system
Sources • Export.gov http://export.gov/%5C%5C/ecr/eg_main_023180.asp Contains information on President Obama’s Export Control Reform Initiative. • Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce http://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/regulations/export-administration-regulations-ear Describes the Export Administration Regulations. • Beyond “Fortress America”: National Security Controls on Science and Technology in a Globalized World (2009) http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12567 Report from the National Academies Press on the impact of export control policies in the areas of science and technology. • Impacts of U.S. Export Control Policies on Science and Technology Activities and Competitiveness (2009) https://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2009_hr/export.pdf Examine the issues and recommendations raised by the NAP report. • The Impact of U.S. Export Controls http://www.amcham-shanghai.org/NR/rdonlyres/0BE4C980-EEAC-4B66-953F-77C5629157BA/11190/oct09_policy_update.pdf Looks at the effects of export control policy on U.S. industries, mainly aerospace and green technology, from China’s point of view.
