[13551] in Cypherpunks
Re: PGP 2.5 available from Electronic Frontier Foundation ftp site
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SINCLAIR DOUGLAS N)
Thu May 12 11:39:03 1994
From: SINCLAIR DOUGLAS N <sinclai@ecf.toronto.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 11:33:43 -0400
In-Reply-To: <199405121526.IAA14160@soda.berkeley.edu>; from "Tommy the Tourist" at May 12, 94 11:26 am
> I was under the impression that NAFTA is the reason that Canada is
> included. Am I misinformed? If NAFTA is the reason, isn't Mexico
> equivalent to Canada in this context? Could someone clarify this
> aspect of the export situation, or perhaps point me at a document that
> explains the situation?
>
> Zeke
I believe not. The ITAR regulations have been around for a lot longer
than NAFTA.
I would speculate that it is because the US and Canada have traditionally
exchanged a lot of military technology and hardware, e.g. NORAD.
