Export Controls: Commerce's Assessment of the Foreign Availability of Controlled Items Can Be More Effective

Abstract

Since 1949, the United States and its allies have controlled the export of militarily significant commercial products to the Soviet bloc. Beginning in 1977, the Congress directed that such products not be controlled if they are freely available to the Soviet bloc from other countries known as "foreign availability"- unless the President determines that national security requires such control. The Department of Commerce is responsible for administering the foreign availability program. This report examines the process of conducting foreign availability assessments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1988
Accession Number
AD1152430

Entities

People

  • Frank C. Conahan

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Economic Development
  • Employment
  • Export Controls
  • Exports
  • Foreign Policy
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Information Exchange
  • Intelligence Community
  • Language
  • Law
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Regulations
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design