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...TIME review of Commerce Department documents shows that Washington has approved a dozen shipments of stun guns and shock batons over the past decade to Saudi Arabia despite that country's long history of brutalizing prisoners. American firms must obtain a Commerce Department license to export shock weapons to most countries, and officials say the applications are closely screened to block the items from falling into the hands of human-rights abusers. Yet Air Taser has been negotiating to supply thousands of electric-shock riot shields for crowd control to police in Turkey, where torture is "widespread," according to State...
...There are ways to get around" the controls, admits Commerce Under Secretary William Reinsch. A license isn't required for exports to NATO countries in Europe, where U.S. stun guns can be reshipped elsewhere. Air Taser has arranged for manufacturing facilities in Russia, Mexico and Taiwan to produce its weapons. Their export from those countries doesn't require U.S. approval...
...export of American films was a hotly-debated topic at the 1994 General Agreement of Traffis and Trade economic trade talks...
...Even though we're not landing as much fish aswe used to in our ports, we're continuing toprocess fish and ship fish around the world,"Furtado says. "We're looking to develop our harborso that we can import, export and process fishmore efficiently...
...owned enterprises, at the same time creating jobs for the tens of millions people let go in the process. To achieve this, you'll have to maintain an 8 percent economic growth rate while recession grips the region around you, and refrain from devaluing your currency while maintaining your export levels...