11. Electronics makers, for example, will be able to ship sensitive technologies to Hong Kong that could not be sent without licenses to Beijing. 12. Even with the sanctions, the administration has permitted satellites that did not include sensitive military technology to be sent. 13. For any sale of nuclear equipment, President Clinton will have to grant a waiver for the transfer of sensitive nuclear technology. 14. He said America must devise better ways to protect sensitive military technology, without hamstringing the industry. 15. If Chinese companies trafficked in the prohibited weapons, Clinton could have cut off sensitive technology exports and U.S. government loans or credits. 16. If Chinese companies were trafficking in the prohibited weaponry, Clinton could have cut off sensitive technology exports and U.S. government loans or credits to violators. 17. In both cases, the report found that U.S. government officials were not called to the scene to ensure that sensitive technology was protected from the Chinese. 18. In the past, U.S. officials and Russian analysts have criticized Russian laws and export procedures as ineffective in preventing transactions of sensitive technologies. 19. It also requires the CIA to report to Congress on foreign efforts to steal sensitive American technologies. 20. Last year, Marconi formed a venture to make sonars with Thomson-CSF, a particularly sensitive technology, given its importance on nuclear submarines. |