The dissolution of the CoordinatingCommittee on Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM) in 1994 left the United States without an effective, multilateral means to control exports of militarily useful goods and technology.
Within a matter of weeks, a delegation of senior U.S. officials will travel to Paris to meet with representatives from Germany, France, the United Kingdom and other members of the CoordinatingCommittee for Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM).
Indeed, this week the Administration is putting forward a proposal advanced by the Department of Commerce to the members of the CoordinatingCommittee on Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM) which will cut the current list of controlled goods and technology by as much as 50 percent.