[iwar] U.S. Maintains embargo on computer hardware and technology exports to Middle East


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Subject: [iwar] U.S. Maintains embargo on computer hardware and technology exports to Middle East 
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Source : Middle East News Line
http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2001/january/headline01_12_3.html
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U.S. Maintains Computer Export Controls To M.E.

The United States has refused to include the Middle East in a relaxation of
export controls on high performance computers.

The revisions on U.S. export controls eases restrictions on countries in
Central and South America, most of Africa and East Asia. Administration
officials said President Bill Clinton will leave a decision on whether to
relax export controls on Middle East nations to the incoming administration
of President-elect George W. Bush.
The United States will allow exports to send computers to most of the Middle
East of up to 28,000 millions of theoretical operations per second [MTOPS]
without a license. Individual licenses will be required for exports above
this level until 85,000 MTOPS, or the equivalent of 32 Pentium IIIs.

The exceptions are Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Syria. The United States
will maintain a virtual embargo on computer hardware and technology exports
to these countries. Administration officials cited concerns that these
countries could use high-performance computers to build nuclear
weapons.Officials said the export controls were relaxed on many countries
where computer sales have been brisk. The Middle East, part of a grouping
called Tier 3, comprises about five percent of U.S. export sales in
computers. Commerce Undersecretary William Reinsch said he envisioned a
lifting of controls from most Middle East countries, except for Iraq, Iran,
Libya, Sudan and Syria. But he said this would be up to the incoming
administration.


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