A dispute over U.S. security provisions has slowed Canada’s planned purchase of maritime helicopters and, at one point last year, led Department of National Defence (DND) officials to consider shutting down the project, a newly declassified report says. At the heart of the issue are U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which have limited […]

Posted on April 19th, 2007 by keeton
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Export Charges May Affect Indian-U.S. TiesIndian government officials are wondering how the U.S. Justice Department’s April 2 indictment of four Indian nationals on charges of violating technology export-control laws will affect defense ties and the nuclear cooperation accord between Washington and New Delhi. Read the complete story at DefenseNews.com        US considers Licenses for Exports of […]

Posted on April 9th, 2007 by keeton
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The U.S. and South Korea reached agreement on a trade deal between the two sides, barely meeting a deadline for the Bush administration to submit the deal to the U.S. Congress for their approval. Read that story on Agweb.com   But it may not get through Congress said a key Michigan Democrat who wants changes to help […]

Posted on April 7th, 2007 by keeton
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The latest on the US/India techno scnadal from th Daily News and Analysis out of Mumbai, India… NEW YORK: Cirrus Electronics founder Parthasarathy Sudarshan, 46, was arraigned before US Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson on Tuesday on charges of illegally smuggling dual-use technology linked to the development of missile and aerospace systems to three Indian state-run […]

Posted on April 7th, 2007 by keeton
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UpsideDownWorld.com takes a look at the gritty background of the Chiquita Banana payoff scandal. Chiquita paid $1.7 million “… to a Columbian terrorist group responsible for some of the worst massacres in Colombia’s civil conflict and for a sizable percentage of the country’s cocaine exports…”  

Posted on April 7th, 2007 by keeton
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The US corporate outsourcing orgy of shipping US technology and jobs to India may come into question after this bombshell reported by The Brisbane Times from Brisbane, Australia- An Indian top executive at a US firm was charged Tuesday with shipping restricted weapons technology to the Indian government in a case that could put a […]

Posted on April 7th, 2007 by keeton
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Posted on March 29th, 2007 by keeton
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The ITT Corp. case is a consequence of the push-pull politics of industry vs. government in the movement to weaken export control in light of the huge pressure to globalize manufacturing. More later on this. For now – here’s a sampling of stories and Blog reactions to the ITT Corp fine. It looks like the […]

Posted on March 27th, 2007 by keeton
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SPYS AMONG US… Source material I stumbled upon, The Office of National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX) report on “foreign economic collection and industrial espionage” includes info on who is doing what in violation to export regs. This report is issued every year in August. It’s worth reading. CANADIANS DECRY DISCRIMINATION – As it happens – the […]

Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by keeton
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Posted on March 21st, 2007 by keeton
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