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The Export Administration Act Of 1979: An Examination Of Foreign Availability Of Controlled Goods And Technologies, Shirley Miller Dvorin
The Export Administration Act Of 1979: An Examination Of Foreign Availability Of Controlled Goods And Technologies, Shirley Miller Dvorin
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
The Export Administration Act of 19791 amended thirty years of legislative controls over the export of advanced technology2 to the So- viet Union and other non-market economy countries.' Since first en- acted, these post-World War II export controls attempted to reconcile the conflicting objectives of protecting national security while promot- ing United States international trade.4 Nonetheless, the increasing availability of advanced goods and technologies from foreign sources to communist nations has undermined both these objectives.