21. Since the freeze was negotiated, North Korea pledged to stop testing its missiles and exporting weapons technology to other nations. 22. The agency is also increasing efforts to investigate people trying to obtain or export sensitive technology. 23. That would allow it to continue buying the carbon fibers but it could not export missile technology to other countries. 24. The accord would permit Russia to export nuclear technology to the United States and allow American manufacturers to enter joint ventures to build Russian reactors. 25. U.S. officials are not minimizing the promise, especially since it follows a similar pledge by North Korea not to export technology to countries for ballistic missile programs. 26. Washington late last year accused a leading Chinese state enterprise of exporting missile technology to Pakistan despite a pledge by Beijing to crack down on weapons proliferation. 27. It has still not detonated a nuclear device, or exported nuclear technology. 28. The committee decides which technologies can be exported. |