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Japan to Sign Export Control Agreements With Hong Kong, Singapore
Japan is set to sign bilateral agreements with Hong Kong and Singapore next month designed to prevent indirect exports of dual-use items, Japanese government sources said yesterday (see GSN, Dec. 10, 2003).
Under the agreements, liaison offices will be established in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore to monitor suspect exports and Japan will also provide Hong Kong and Singapore with information on manufacturers of dual-use items, according to the Daily Yomiuri. If there is confirmation that a dual-use export will eventually make its way to a country of concern Japan will ask Hong Kong and Singapore to block the export (Daily Yomiuri, Jan. 8).
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