Have a part made in Japan, integrated into a product in the states but sold by someone in the UK to in France? you'll have to comply with Japan, US and UK laws.
Neat fact, the UK considers the Cisco C9200 switch to be a munition, because it has ipsec.
> Encryption items specifically designed, developed, configured, adapted or modified for military applications (including command, control and intelligence applications) are controlled by the Department of State on the United States Munitions List.
It was part of the whole crypto wars, and the lawsuit brought by Bernstein vs the United States.
See more:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein_v._United_States - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_th...
The key phrase here is "specifically designed". We're talking about a commercial off the shelf router, not a piece of equipment designed for military applications. It falls squarely within Category 5 Part 2 of the EAR (which covers IT equipment generally), and so is explicitly excluded from the USML.
In New York, the Mob likes to control trucking and rail transport, because it allows them to get their fingers into anyone’s business.
Very easy to have a truck make a 20-minute detour into a hidden depot, where the contents are “inspected.” I know folks that used to work for those types of outfits, and the stories I’ve heard, tell me that the wiseguys are very smart. They know how to get around pretty much any tracking and verification system.
The more people have their hands on the product, the more likely it is to “fall off the truck.”
I was just hearing one of those stories, yesterday, about how someone figured out how to grab bespoke suits.
The prescription drug industry is a good (bad?) example.
Drug production is heavily regulated, as is final distribution (pharmacists), but intermediate distribution (bulk freight), is not. That’s where a lot of prescription medicine falls off trucks.
Consider the OP's example:
> Have a part made in Japan, integrated into a product in the states but sold by someone in the UK to in France? you'll have to comply with Japan, US and UK laws.
The reason all countries tediously ensure their laws are being followed is because, if they weren't, there'd be an obvious legal loophole: you could simply proxy export items to a country with different export restrictions -- and then all export restrictions would be worthless.
Having strict, slightly differing restrictions doesn’t seem to add anything extra of value? It’s pure downsides.