International Trade Law News /title <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <meta name="verify-v1" content="6kFGcaEvnPNJ6heBYemQKQasNtyHRZrl1qGh38P0b6M=" /> <head> <title>International Trade Law News

« Home | ITC Revokes Original Antidumping Duty Order on Fro... » | U.S. Ex-Im Bank Unveils Web Portal for Turkey » | BIS Publishes Advisory Opinions on Web Site » | BIS Issues Temporary Denial of Export Privileges o... » | U.S. Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis System t... » | "What's a Gift, What's a Bribe?" » | House Trade Subcommittee Sets Deadline to Introduc... » | Cato Institute Examines Nonmarket Economy Antidump... » | This Week at the U.S. International Trade Commissi... » | U.S. Imports of Chinese Textiles Surged in January... » 

March 15, 2005 

Senate to Hold Hearing on Lifting of E.U. Arms Embargo on China

On March 16, 2005 the Senate Foreign Relations committee will hold a hearing on the lifting of the E.U. arms embargo on China. The hearing will be held at 2:30 p.m. in room 419 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The witnesses scheduled to appear at the hearing include:

*Mr. Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs and Director, Asian Studies Center Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC
*Dr. Bates Gill, Freeman Chair in China Studies Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
*Dr. Richard F. Grimmett, Specialist in National Defense, Congressional Research Service, Washington, DC

Separately, an E.U. delegation on Monday met with Bush Administration officials and several members of Congress to discuss the lifting of the E.U. arms embargo on China. While the E.U. officials indicated that the lifting of the arms embargo would be matched by tough export controls, many in Washington remain strongly opposed to the E.U.'s proposed action.

In the meantime, the E.U. is working to revise and strengthen the current E.U. Code of Conduct on Arms Exports that was adopted in 1998.
The E.U. has stated that strengthening the Code of Conduct would be a prerequisite to lifting the China arms embargo. The Code of Conduct lays down eight criteria against which E.U. Member States assess applications to export military equipment. According to the E.U., the revised Code would include several new elements: Member States' responsibilities with respect to brokering, transit/transhipment, licensed production overseas, intangible transfer of software and technology, end-user certification and national reporting will be clarified. The criteria will include additional references to anti-personnel mines, commitments under the multinational export control regimes and international humanitarian law. Work is also being carried forward on a "tool box" or set of measures providing for increased sharing of information and transparency, to be applied by Member States for a specific period with respect to arms exports to a previously embargoed destination.

Senior officials of the U.S. Department of Defense have recently indicated that if the E.U. arms embargo is lifted, the U.S. will require another layer of review on exports of defense article and services to E.U. countries in order to ensure that adequate measures are in place to prevent diversion to China.


Editor

Subscribe

Subscribe to our confidential mailing list

Mobile Version

Search Trade Law News

International Trade and Compliance Jobs

Jobs from Indeed

Archives

Categories

Disclaimer

  • This Site is presented for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is formed when you use this Site. Do not consider the Site to be a substitute for obtaining legal advice from a qualified attorney. The information on this Site may be changed without notice and is not guaranteed to be complete, correct or up-to-date. While we try to revise this Site on a regular basis, it may not reflect the most current legal developments. The opinions expressed on this Site are the opinions of the individual author.
  • The content on this Site may be reproduced and/or distributed in whole or in part, provided that its source is indicated as "International Trade Law News, www.tradelawnews.com".
  • ©2003-2015. All rights reserved.

Translate This Site


Powered by Blogger