Post-Pittsburgh: BIS seeks comments on transatlantic TCC
The US Bureau of Industry and Security (‘BIS’) says it is requesting ‘public comments regarding areas and priorities for U.S. and EU export control cooperation to help inform the work of the U.S-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) Export Control Working Group,’ and that comments ‘should address ways in which existing U.S. and/or European Union dual-use export control policies and practices may be more transparent, more efficient and effective, more convergent, and fit for today’s challenges, in particular with regards to the control of emerging technologies.’
As previously reported by WorldECR, and as BIS reminds in its Notice of Inquiry,
‘TTC’s ten working groups provide a framework for tackling challenges and advancing work aligned with…shared trade and technology priorities, such as cooperation on technology standards, global trade challenges and supply chain security, climate and clean technology, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) security and competitiveness, data governance and technology platforms, the misuse of technology threatening security and human rights, export controls, investment screening, and access to, and use of, digital technologies by small and medium enterprises.’
BIS says that comments on ‘ways in which existing U.S. and/or European Union dual-use export control policies and practices may be more transparent, more efficient and effective, more convergent, and fit for today’s challenges, in particular with regards to the control of emerging technologies…are welcome and will assist BIS in developing ideas and proposals, as well as facilitate a productive dialogue with the European Union.’
And, it says, ‘Comments providing specific and concrete examples where further convergence in U.S. and EU export control practices and policies could enhance international security and the protection of human rights, and support a global level-playing field and joint technology development and innovation, would be particularly helpful.’
