It is to be expected, however, that Washington will be urged to trade a relaxation of the export control standard on machine tools for promises of greater allied efforts on enforcement.
The fact that West German and other allied manufacturers are now able to produce machines tools with accuracies better than plus-or-minus 3 microns has prompted some to argue that the present export control standard is too stringent.
This battle is about to be re-enacted in the euro zone, where higher-cost countries have tied themselves to a new gold standard, in the form of the hyper-efficient German export machine.
And, technology and innovation, the work of our most talented people, underpin the U.S. standard of living: technology-based products and services create a big export surplus and enable the strong productivity growth of the U.S. economy.
It is unclear how or if the new encryption standard will affect the U.S. government's controversial policy which severely restricts the export of encryption stronger than 56-bits.