Although I'm with you one this, the State Department is not. ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulation) frequently withholds a lot of detailed technical information including things as innocuous as lithium-ion battery technology from foreign hands.
The inanity of this bill is only matched by the sheer loss in funds American companies have lost to foreign competitors who have had now built a large technical library and talent pool getting around these asinine regulations.
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Although I'm with you one this, the State Department is not. ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulation) frequently withholds a lot of detailed technical information including things as innocuous as lithium-ion battery technology from foreign hands. The inanity of this bill is only matched by the sheer loss in funds American companies have lost to foreign competitors who have had now built a large technical library and talent pool getting around these asinine regulations.