Balancing the National Interest U.S. National Security Export Controls and Global Economic Competition (1987) / Chapter Skim
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8. Recommendations of the Panel
8. Recommendations of the Panel
Pages 167-178
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technological base is fundamental not only to the continued economic vitality of the West but also to its military security. National security export controls also represent an important, albeit secondary, means of maintaining military security by impeding the flow of those goods and technologies deemed militarily important to the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies.
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to obtain agreement on a common approach to reexports of CoCom-origin items. The United States should strive to create a community of common controls on dual use technology that is, a set of trade relationships unimpeded by national security restrictions among those Free World nations that share an expressed willingness to adhere to common or equivalent export control restraints on the transfer of strategic and controllable goods and technologies to the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies.
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There also should be a provision for reinstituting validated licensing requirements for CoCom countries that subsequently fail to implement and enforce national security export controls on trade with non-CoCom Free World countries. For those CoCom countries unwilling to agree to or unable to implement controls on exports to third countries, retain the present system of validated licenses and reexport authorization while continuing to pursue adequate control arrangements.
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5. Maintain Unilateral Controls Only on a Temporary Basis or for Limited, Unique National Security Circumstances Regardless of the rate of progress on CoCom and third country negotiations, the United States should eliminate the use of unilateral national security export controls except in those circumstances in which active efforts are under way to negotiate multilateral controls within and outside of CoCom- in which case unilateral controls could be maintained on a temporary basis or in those situations in which unique national security circumstances warrant the imposi tion of such controls for limited periods of time.
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6. Eliminate Reexport Authorization Requirements in Countries Participating in a Community of Common Export Controls on Dual Use Technology To further the objective of developing a community of common controls on dual use technology among cooperating countries of the Free World and to encourage international cooperation and trust, the United States should eliminate any requirement that a buyer seek authorization for a reexport that is subject to CoCom or "CoCom-like" controls by the country of initial export.
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9. Maintain a Clear Separation Between National Security and Foreign Policy Export Controls Existing statutory authority describes separate systems and procedures for the control of exports for foreign policy versus national security reasons.
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NATIONAL SE CURITY EXPORT CONTROL DECISIONS TO MAINTAINING U.S. TECHNOLOGICAL STRENGTH, ECONOMIC VITALITY, AND ALLIED UNITY The panel recommends that executive branch decisions concerning national security export controls accord greater importance than they currently do to maintaining U.S.
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2. Provide Sufficient Resources and Authority to the Departments of Commerce and State to Allow Them to Fulfill Their Roles in the Export Control Process To establish a more balanced policymaking process within the federal government, the Departments of Commerce and State should be allocated sufficient resources dedicated to the implementation of national security controls.
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to reduce the DoD role in detailed license review as parallel steps are taken within the Department of Commerce to strengthen its capability to implement national security export control licensing Procedures. The role of the policy side of DoD on export control issues should focus on the broader goal of maintaining the strategic balance and the contribution of technology to military systems.
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The panel recommends, therefore, that senior policy stab of the Executive Office of the President meet periodically with the PEC (or with other respected representatives of the private sector) and inform the President of their concerns regarding national security export controls.
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CODA The panel notes in conclusion that there is a need for national security export controls and that current statutory authority recognizes the necessity to accommodate both military security and economic vitality. But the recent performance of the U.S.
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