Administration of Export Controls V. 108720

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108720 1 (1979-03-05)

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United States General Accounting Office
Washington, D. C. 20548

FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
EXPECTED AT 10:00 a.m. EST
Monday, March 5, 1979

720 Statement of

Elmer B. Staats

Comptroller General of the United States

before the

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

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Administration of Export Controls

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:

We are pleased to be here today to discuss with you the

administration of export controls. Last October, we issued a

report on this subject, and we recently issued a second report

which discusses additiona. export control issues. As you know,

our 1976 report on East-West trade 1/ also discussed aspects of

export control administration. In summary, our reports point

out that the Government does not have an effective policymaking

structure to reconcile the conflicting goals of export promotion

and export control. Further, the decisionmaking apparatus for

determining what technology or products should be controlled

is unwieldy and time consuming. On top of these problems, the

1/ The Government's Role in East-West Trade--Problems and
Issues, February 4, 1976