President Announces Export Control Reform Implementation Steps

President Announces Export Control Reform Implementation Steps

President Obama announced the first implementation steps in his drive to reform the U.S. export control system today.

The announcement was made at a meeting of the President’s Export Council. According to the White House press release, the main features of today’s implementation steps are the following:

The publication of a draft rule setting out the criteria and procedures to be used in determining whether a product is subject to export controls.
The application of these criteria to one category of items (Category VII: Tanks and Military Vehicles), to be seen as an example of how the new policies would apply.
The publication of a draft rule specifying what licensing policies will apply to products subject to export controls.

The Administration is seeking public comment on the draft rules.

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