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Export Controls: Sensitive Machine Tool Exports to China

NSIAD-97-4 Published: Nov 19, 1996. Publicly Released: Nov 21, 1996.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the circumstances surrounding the export of machine tools by the McDonnell Douglas Corporation to the China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC), focusing on: (1) the military and civil applications of the equipment and whether these military applications are important to China's military modernization plans; (2) the process for approving the licenses and how the process addressed the risks associated with this export; and (3) whether export control license conditions were violated and, if so, how the U.S. government responded.

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