[119268] in Cypherpunks
RE: The sound of one shoe, dropping (was Re: IP: Jane's News Brie
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jbugden@ALIS.COM)
Wed Oct 20 17:35:56 1999
From: jbugden@ALIS.COM
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To: rah@shipwright.com
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:12:43 -0400
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Congress recently enacted rule changes to ITAR which, among other things,
were interpreted to mean that any company in Canada (even subsidiaries of
U.S. ones) employing people with dual citizenship (e.g. Canadian/British)
were not allowed to receive certain sensitive defense information. In
Canada, it is illegal to discriminate based on country of origin. So in
practise, this meant our aerospace industry was shut out of virtually any
U.S. high technology transfer (and trade).
The agreement mentioned below means that security is on a case by case basis
and not a blanket restriction on people with dual citizenship. The
harmonization is the current state of affairs in that technology imported
from the U.S. is exportable from Canada under the same conditions that it is
exportable from the U.S. For example, a 128 bit browser used to require the
old ITAR run-around. The reality is that the new rule interpreters are being
pickier than the old ones though the rules are substantially the same.
It is my understanding that this in no way restricts technology developed in
Canada (e.g. CAST, Certicom) but only applies to flow-through technology
from the U.S.
You can thank the paranoia regarding the possible release of nuclear secrets
to the Chinese via a spy or incompetence (take your pick) for must of the
latest nonsense.
This should ultimately prove to be no more than the sound of one hand,
clapping.
James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Hettinga [SMTP:rah@shipwright.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 1:58 PM
> To: cryptography@c2.net; cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
> Subject: The sound of one shoe, dropping (was Re: IP: Jane's News
> Briefs)
>
> > Canada set to harmonise with US export laws
> > Canada will synchronise its defence export laws with the USA, creating a
> > seamless and formal North American defence sales bloc, under an
> > in-principle agreement that will exempt Canada from US export
> > regulations and provide Canadian companies better access to US
> > contracts.
>
