State Dept. Sends Rule to Expand Defense Trade Treaties for Interagency Review

The State Department on Sept. 17 sent a final rule for interagency review to expand the types of defense items and services that can be exported under defense trade treaties with Australia and the U.K. and under the agency’s Canadian exemptions. The rule will also make “clarifying amendments and conforming updates” to U.S. Munitions List categories IV and XII, including for certain “night vision entries.”