Washington - Largely unnoticed amid the flurry of trade-related agreements last month between the United States and China was an accord tightening export-control procedures on U.S. dualuse technologies shipped to China, U.S. officials said the "end-use visit understanding," which involves verifying that exported equipment is used solely by the intended Chinese company for a specific purpose, could increase U.S. technology exports to China. But experts said last week that if s unclear whether the deal will boost U.S. exports at a time when America is running a huge trade deficit with China. The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security announced the deal with Beijing after bilateral trade talks here last month. The talks also included accords covering intellectual-property protections and a controversial proposal for a Chinese wireless encryption standard (see April 26, page 1).
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