England in fact, urged Japanese companies to restrict exports from 1972-1974.
The agreement would help bring China into line with international standards restricting missile-related exports, officials said.
In that case, future efforts to restrict exports might be deemed an unfair trade barrier, he says.
Much to the surprise of the international trade community China began restricting exports of these metals in 2009.
There are good reasons for restricting American exports of high-performance computers to countries that might put them to dangerous military use.
To do this they have restricted exports and levied tariffs on wheat.
Washington wants to restrict Canadian exports to 1.5 million tons a year, and impose heavy tariffs on anything above that.
It is futile to restrict exports of such machines.
While the Government restricts exports of some kinds of military technology, it generally supports such trade.
Amendment 6 brings forward the deadline for restricting exports.