ITAR Reform Bill Gets Mixed Reviews

摘要

Legislation designed to ease export restrictions on U.S. satellite technology is being welcomed by some industry advocates, but others note that the measure would not affect the current ban on trade with China and that the bill faces a tough road to passage.rnThe provision in the proposed Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 2010 and 2011, which passed the full House June 10, would give the executive branch authority to remove commercial satellites from the State Department's U.S. Munitions List, thus freeing the technology from the highly restrictive U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).