WASHINGTON--Efforts to ease Cold War export controls on high-performance computers could sacrifice national security interests for business gains, experts told a Senate hearing today. But an industry representative disagreed, saying change is essential if computer companies are to compete in a rapidly changing marketplace.
The Senate last March took up and quickly put aside a bill to reauthorize the Export Administration Act. The legislation would create a new process for determining what items with dual commercial and military uses would come under export controls, with provisions to end controls based on "mass market status" and "market availability."
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