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The government of Spain raided a leading heavy machinery and equipment manufacturer in the Basque region of country for alleged violations of EU and Spain export control laws.
Among other allegations, ONA Electro-erosion is accused of setting up a Turkish front company that was used to export to Iran at least seven [...]
Mid- to late August in Washington, DC. Little, if any, significant traffic during rush hour. Sidewalks a little less congested. Most of the political class is out and things are good, good that is if your not under the microscope of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sander Levin and Ranking [...]
Last week the the Department of State announced that it had reached an “administrative agreement with Alpine Aerospace Corporation and TS Trade Tech Incorporated of New Jersey to resolve violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) related to the export of significant military equipment.”
According to [...]
The Washington Time’s Bill Gertz penned a good piece this morning on outer space security: “New space-arms control initiative draws concern.” You can read it here. Over at The Space Review blog, you can read a good background summary of the matter that details the Obama Administration’s apparent back and forth [...]
This week in Geneva, Switzerland experts in various field including security, science, health, and law enforcement will kick off the seventh review conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. Like most United Nations confabs, there will be several weeks of discussions, and parties, all on the taxpayer dime.
These meetings are not without consequence. Most [...]
For folks who seriously follow export control reform efforts in this city, they know that articles from Communist Party-operated newspapers complaining about U.S. export control reform are not helpful to the process with certain agencies and most certainly the Congress.
Every time a Chinese official or “independent” scholar complains about the pace [...]
With the advent of low-cost and readily available high tech computer equipment and software throughout the world, companies in this field have come under increasing scrutiny by lawmakers when such tools end up in the hands of repressive regimes. Just this week, three U.S. Senators sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and [...]
Some of the recent rumblings in town by folks dealing with export control reform (ECR) reminded me one of my favorite World War II movies, A Bridge Too Far. If what I am hearing is true, some at a trade conference yesterday in DC, then certain folks over in the Foggy Bottom region are either [...]
If your one of the folks in this town who follow ongoing efforts to reform U.S. export control laws, you know that control of satellite and related technologies is a hot button issue on Capitol Hill. Indeed, officials both on and off the Hill will frankly admit that it is best to leave satellite controls [...]
