Transcript Executive Summary: Export Controls (Commercial)

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• Export control regulation is outdated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-regulationsear 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.amchamshanghai.org/NR/rdonlyres/0BE4C980-EEAC-4B66-953F77C5629157BA/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.
Thank you!