| ody"> | | | | own criteria for defining controlled products. Two |
| President Barack Obama, as part of his plan to double | | | | different departments regulate and create the lists, |
| US exports in five years, is signing an executive | | | | while three different agencies provide licenses. The |
| order to establish a center that will be responsible for | | | | licensing agencies each have their own processes, |
| enforcing and coordinating the defense products | | | | policies, and requirements for a lot of the same |
| foreign trade policies. The creation of the new export | | | | products. This has created a lot of duplication and |
| control system will help to eliminate many of the | | | | confusion because each agency has equal authority |
| problems that are currently being experienced by the | | | | over export controls. Furthermore, they all use |
| US manufacturers and technology sectors. | | | | different technology systems, so each one cannot |
| Currently, there are two control lists, each with its | | | | see what the other is doing. |