Commerce's Graves Rattles Saber Over Dual-Use Exports to Russia

Nations allowing the export to Russia of dual-use products that have military as well as commercial applications are on notice, Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves said April 19 at the Space Foundation's 2023 Space Symposium. "Any country ... that seeks to backfill the Russian war machine ... does so at their own peril," he warned. Export controls by the U.S. and 38 other nations aimed at dual-use products such as semiconductors and lasers are "hobbling" the Russian war effort in Ukraine, he said.