Move export controls to the Trade Representative
What the document says“Industry and Security (BIS) should be streamlined and moved to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)”
The Bureau of Industry and Security administers export controls on sensitive technology. The chapter lists this among the structural changes the next President should consider, alongside consolidating other trade programs and considering whether many of them should exist federally at all.
What the document actually says“Industry and Security (BIS) should be streamlined and moved to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)”
Slim down the export control bureau. Move it to the trade office.
One bureau decides what technology may be sold abroad. The book says it should move to the trade office.
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