Flows of strategic goods and technology are essential to the global economy and technological progress. However, sensitive and dual-use applications can contribute to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)/conventional weapons proliferation and broader security risks and threats from state and non-state actors.
The Trade and Investment Security Program provides solutions, tools, and networks of research and practice to enhance the benefits of goods and technology flows while mitigating their security risks. The program provides publications, best practice tools, network-building, training, capacity-building, and research solutions. Through these activities, we work with and empower regulators, industry, academia, and international organizations to enhance implementation of export controls, sanctions, and foreign direct investment screening.
Analyzing the threat of advanced conventional weapons and emerging technologies by describing acquisition typologies and the challenges they pose for targeted countries and sectors
February 18, 2022
Balancing the benefits and risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), one of the most diffuse and rapidly evolving emerging technologies, is imperative when forming sound policy
June 1, 2021
The objective of this report is to empower governments with tools, in the form of good practices, with which to conduct outreach to emerging technology sectors that could be targeted by non-State actors for malicious purposes
February 24, 2021
While trade controls on dual-use technology transfer can promote peace and mitigate security threats, overly cumbersome policies may impose economic burdens on the private sector that threaten competitiveness and innovation
October 1, 2020
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