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Criticizes the fact that the Soviet Union has access to Western technology which it is using to improve its military and technological capability. Total cost of goods sold by Western countries to the Soviets in the last 10 years; Author's claim that the people and institutions that are supposed to regulate this traffic are generally ill equipped to judge the possible impact of technology transfer; Sale of Bryant Centalign-B grinders to the Soviet Union; Ability of these machines to manufacture ball bearings with high precision needed for advanced missile guidance systems; Observation that Soviet experts usually attend Western scientific conferences and take specialized courses in Western universities.

Comments on the emergence of economic nationalism as the centerpiece of U.S. economic policy on international trade. Subsidy of sunrise industries; Guarding American technologies from easy access by foreign companies; Forcing foreign countries to open their markets to American products.

Comments on some U.S. congressmen's complaints against the proposed U.S.-Japan agreement to jointly build Japan's FSX fighter plane. Concerns regarding the technology transfer and Japan's alleged use of the technology to penetrate the civilian aircraft market; Key stipulations of the proposed agreement; Implications on trade relations between the U.S. and Japan.

The article presents information about international trade in the U.S. Restrictions on the export of American technology to the Soviet Union are not new. But for the past seven years the U.S. Government has adopted an increasingly restrictive policy, which a National Academy of Sciences panel criticized recently for being not generally perceived as rational, credible and predictable. Under U.S. President Jimmy Carter, export controls were used sparingly, as punitive sanctions to support his government's human rights policy. What distinguishes the U.S. Government's policy during the doctrine of President Ronald Reagan from that of previous governments is the bitter ideological and political turf war between the Pentagon and the Commerce Department over technology transfer policy.

The article discusses the move by China to reassess its relationship with the European Union (EU) amid the trade war with the U.S. in 2018. Leaders of China and the EU held a summit on the further opening of their markets to bilateral investment and trade. European officials disagreed with the trade measures of U.S. President Donald Trump but they agreed with his concerns about China's forced transfers of technology, uneven protection of intellectual property and state subsidies for its firms.

The article focuses on commercial ties between China and the United States and concerns among high technology industry companies over geopolitical risks. It states that efforts by the Chinese government to get international businesses to transfer technologies and intellectual property to local businesses has largely failed. It suggests that revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency has spied extensively on Chinese targets has encouraged protectionist elements in China.

Reports that trade tensions between the United States (US) and China is chilling efforts by Chinese electronic companies to build modern fabrication facilities. Allegations that spurred the trade and security tensions; Comments from industry observers; Impediments to the transfer of technology from the US to China.

Presents the results of the survey made by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Japan Program on the industry and government attitudes about technology transfer between the United States and Japan. US Department of Defense Secretary William Perry's efforts to promote a balance in the technology transfer between the two countries; Factors affecting the technology transfer.

Reports on United States Pentagon's offer to share military technologies with Japan in exchange for greater access to Japanese commercial electronics. Plan of broadening U.S. technological cooperation with Japan; Technologies being targeted; Defenses against North Korean missiles threat; Part of overall defense conversion strategy; Focus of cooperation in Systems and Technology Forum.

Reports on the agreement between the United States and China that creates a framework for bilateral industrial technology partnerships between government, university and private sector researchers.