Export controls : challenges with Commerce's Validated End-User program may limit its ability to ensure that semiconductor equipment exported to China is used as intended : report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives.
| Author/creator | United States |
| Other author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008] |
| Description | ii, 46 p. : digital, PDF file |
| Supplemental Content | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS105055 |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Challenges with Commerce's Validated End-User program may limit its ability to ensure that semiconductor equipment exported to China is used as intended |
| Abstract | Semiconductors are key components in weapons systems and consumer electronics. Since semiconductors have both civilian and military applications, U.S. export control policy treats the equipment and materials used to manufacture semiconductors as "dual-use" items, and controls the export of these items through licensing requirements to sensitive destinations such as China. [We updated] our 2002 report on China's semiconductor manufacturing capabilities to address the (1) evolution of China's capabilities since 2002, (2) changes to U.S. export control policies over the sale of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials to China since 2002, and (3) the advantages and limitations of these changes. |
| General note | Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 28, 2008). |
| General note | "September 2008." |
| General note | Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548. |
| General note | "GAO-08-1095." |
| General note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web from GAO web site. Address as of 10/28/08: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081095.pdf; current access available via PURL. |
| Technical rpt number | GAO-08-1095 |
| GPO item number | 0546-D (online) |
| Govt. docs number | GA 1.13:GAO-08-1095 |
| Stock number | GAO (202)512-6000 (voice); (202)512-6061 (Fax); (202)512-2537 (TDD) paper copy |