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Export Controls: Sale of Telecommunications Equipment to China

NSIAD-97-5 Published: Nov 13, 1996. Publicly Released: Nov 21, 1996.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the transfer of broadband telecommunication equipment to HuaMei, a joint venture between SCM Brooks Telecommunications, a U.S. limited partnership, and Galaxy New Technology, a Chinese company primarily owned by an agency of the Chinese military, focusing on the: (1) civil and military applications of the exported telecommunications equipment, its availability, and the importance of these applications to China's military; and (2) process and rationale for liberalizing the export of telecommunications equipment shipped to China.

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Dual-use technologiesExport regulationForeign governmentsForeign military sales policiesInternational trade restrictionJoint venturesMilitary communicationTechnology transferTelecommunicationsTelecommunications equipmentBroadband