FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY |
Friday, February 15, 2008 |
Office of Public Affairs |
www.bis.doc.gov | 202-482-2721 |
Under Secretary of Commerce Mario Mancuso to deliver Keynote Address
to the Heritage Foundation:
“Technology Leadership, Economic Power and National Security:
Dual-Use Export Controls to China.”
WHO: Mario Mancuso, Under Secretary of Commerce
WHEN: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Heritage Foundation, Allison Auditorium
214 Massachusetts Ave. NE
Washington, DC
CONTACT
INFO:
William Houston
Eugene Cottilli
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
202-482-2721
BACKGROUND ON THE EVENT:
Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Mario Mancuso will deliver a keynote address at the Heritage Foundation. His remarks, entitled “Technology Leadership, Economic Power and National Security: Dual-Use Export Controls to China” will highlight how changes in the economic and political landscape compel the United States to develop new strategies and utilize new instruments to enhance our national security. He will also discuss how recent changes in our dual-use export control policies toward China fit into this new strategy to ensure safe, secure, technology trade and investment.
BACKGROUND ON UNDER SECRETARY MANCUSO:
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