DEFENSE MAKES NEW GRAB FOR SPACE QUALIFIED PRODUCTS Defense appears to be reneging on an interagency deal last August on how to divide jurisdiction for "space-qualified" products between …

HOUSE PANEL WILL SEEK DEAL WITH WHITE HOUSE ON EAA The House International Relations Committee will try to negotiate a deal with the White House to get Bush administration support for a …

STATE MAKES MORE PROMISES OF MUNITIONS LICENSING REFORM A State official has outlined a list of reforms the department is weighing to improve the processing of the 47,000 Munitions List …

DEFENSE TRIES END RUN TO BLOCK EXPORTS OF NIGHT VISION PRODUCTS Elements at the Pentagon refuse to accept an interagency decision to approve the exports of night vision products and have …

HOMELAND SECURITY CONCERNS BOOST BXA ENFORCEMENT BUDGET The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) has become one of the prime beneficiaries of Washington's new enthrallment with homeland …

BXA WILL TRY TO STANDARDIZE MORE LICENSE CONDITIONS The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is working to develop more standard conditions for attaching to approved export licenses for …

EU MAY HOLD OFF RETALIATION ON FSC AS FIX MOVES THROUGH CONGRESS The European Union (EU) won't promise not to retaliate against U.S. Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) tax benefits, but it will …

U.S. WON'T LOOK FOR TEST CASE TO CHALLENGE CHINA'S WTO COMPLIANCE U.S. trade officials won't go out of their way to find out if China is failing to live up to the commitments it made when it …

MEETING WILL SEEK BACKING FOR CODE OF CONDUCT ON MISSILE CONTROLS Dozens of countries that are not members of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) are expected to attend a meeting in …

BXA PUTS FOCUS ON TRANSIT SHIPMENT COUNTRIES Exports destined for countries that are major transshipment locations or entrepot are likely to get increased attention from the Bureau of …