U.S. Amends Chemical and Biological Export Controls

The U.S. Commerce Department yesterday amended U.S. export control regulations to reflect decisions made last year by the Australia Group, a network of 33 countries that coordinates export controls on dual-use items that could be used to create biological or chemical weapons (see GSN, June 11, 2003).

In June 2003, the Australia Group agreed to add 14 human and animal pathogens to the group’s biological control list. The U.S. Commerce Department announced yesterday in the Federal Register that the U.S. Commerce Control List has been modified to reflect the changes made last year to the Australia Group’s biological control list (Federal Register, March 18). 

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