Export Data News
- Policy may hurt American exports
Date: 27-Apr-2007 Sources: (Shenzhen Daily)
Certain items in the proposed U.S. export policy are likely to hurt not only Chinese importers but also U.S. businesses, according to the 2007 White Paper.
The U.S. Department of Commerce published a new policy on exports to China last July. A major change is the license requirement for 47 'military end-use' items.
'Some of the proposed changes in the China draft rule would not effectively advance U.S. policy objectives and would instead have the undesirable effect of needlessly penalizing U.S. businesses,' said the report, released by the AmCham.
AmCham submitted a cross-sector technology report to the U.S. administration last December, detailing Chinese domestic and foreign availability of items within many of the 47 categories contained in the proposed rule.
Items discussed in its report were 'below the current technical levels of the Chinese military and, therefore, could not make a material contribution to Chinese military capabilities'.
AmCham suggested the U.S. government increase exports to legitimate commercial end-users.
'The revised rule (should) eliminate those categories where meaningful foreign availability or domestic capability was demonstrated,' AmCham said.
The US government controls exports of sensitive goods and technology 'reflecting national security imperatives'. But the controls and complicated procedures have hindered Sino-U.S. trade in technology and equipment as well as reduced US competitiveness by driving away potential Chinese buyers.
A number of experts and officials in China called on Washington to facilitate technology exports to China to address the trade imbalance between the two countries.
The U.S. has begun the process of finalizing the proposed rule and the categories listed in the final version are likely to be revised substantially.
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