On 3/19/06, Anthony D'Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Airbus nears a deal with China on assembly lines
> By Mark Landler and Keith Bradsher The New York Times
> THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2006
[snip]
> On the short list for the project, these experts said, are Tianjin, a port
> near Beijing; Xian, an a
>
> "Any major investment in Chinese production facilities by Airbus will be used
> in the U.S. Congress to demonstrate a dangerous looseness in the sharing of
> sensitive technology," said Loren Thompson, a military analyst at the
> Lexington Institute, a policy lobbying group in Arlington, Virginia.
>
> "No matter what they say," he added, "it is one step further down the path
> toward Chinese technology parity with the West."
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[Meanwhile, the State Dept. has other plans entirely.........One
wonders which 'US' firms are garnering the rents from the waiver
that's been granted. ]
[Federal Register: March 20, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 53)]
[Notices]
[Page 14049-14050]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 5348]
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation; Extension
of Waiver of Missile Proliferation Sanctions Against Chinese Government
Activities
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: A determination has been made to extend the waiver of import
sanctions against certain activities of the Chinese government that was
announced on September 19, 2003, pursuant to the Arms Export Control
Act, as amended.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 18, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Durham, Office of Missile Threat
Reduction, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation,
Department of State (202-647-4931).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A determination was made on September 14,
2005, pursuant to section 73(e) of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2797b(e)) that it was essential to the national security of the
United States to waive for a period of six months the import sanction
described in Section 73(a)(2)(C) of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2797b(a)(2)(C)) against the activities of the Chinese government
described in section 74(a)(8)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2797c(a)(8)(B))--i.e., activities of the Chinese government
relating to the development or production of any missile equipment or
technology and activities of the Chinese government affecting the
development or production of electronics, space systems or equipment,
and military aircraft (see Federal Register Vol 68, No. 182, Friday,
Sept. 19, 2003). This action was effective on September 18, 2005.
On March 13, 2006, a determination was made pursuant to section
73(e) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(e)) that it is
essential to the national security of the United States to extend the
waiver period for an additional six months, effective from the date of
expiration of the previous waiver (March 18, 2006).
These measures shall be implemented by the responsible agencies as
provided in Executive Order 12851 of June 11, 1993.
[[Page 14050]]
Dated: March 14, 2006.
Stephen G. Rademaker,
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and
Nonproliferation Department of State.
[FR Doc. E6-3977 Filed 3-17-06; 8:45 am]
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