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Assessing-defence-trade-control-reforms-in-Australia-and-the-United-States

19 Aug 2024

In the US context, it is a reasonably common the US EAR — a comparatively flexible regime com- practice for companies to deliberately seek to have pared to that of the ITAR — and the cohabitation of their dual-use capabilities captured by the EAR military and dual-use items under the same regula- administered by the Department of Commerce, tory suite.125 In March 2024, the Technology Council rathe. [...] In the United States, — since September 2021.176 the scope of proposed reforms and the demands made of Australia and the United Kingdom betray When it comes to Pillar II, the AUKUS partners have a lingering ‘superpower mindset’ when it comes rationalised the contents of the ETL against the 3 to assessing the capacity of allies to both generate countries’ commitments to 4 major international and to. [...] For instance, review periods to streamline the Committee Report accompanying the Senate Armed Services Committee’s FY25 NDAA proposal future reforms includes a direction for the incumbent administra- tion to submit “an assessment of the effectiveness Relatedly, Australia, the United Kingdom and the of the modifications to the International Traffic United States should also better align the review. [...] In that respect, the US Government could also pro- pose regulations to specifically mitigate the taint in The United States and seemingly Australia will also cases where the flow of technology and knowledge need to rigorously address the negative industrial in any given capability predominantly originates in incentives inherent in the concept of the ‘taint.’ Australia or the United Kingdom — in ot. [...] Addressing office and defence industry these issues will require the hiring of a new cadre of experienced export control professionals in the security program Australian Government with “deep expertise in the technological and legal aspects of the defence in anticipation of industry and the adjacent dual-use space,”240 as spiking requirements well as incentives to maximise the retention of experie.

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Australia

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