31.   He said the project is still in the pipeline, but if it materialises it will help the country transfer technology from abroad.

32.   He said the institute is trying to prove to the United States that it did not transfer missile technology to Iran.

33.   He said the project would generate jobs, transfer technology and improve the living standards of local employees.

34.   Heading off a possible veto override, Vice President Al Gore shortly thereafter announced sanctions on seven Russian entities suspected of transferring weapons technology to Iran.

35.   In addition, companies transferring technology should be given privileges in a bid to improve product quality.

36.   In more practical terms, this affects the nature whereby technology is transferred through technology contracts, technical agreements, technical assistance programmes and joint-venture partnerships.

37.   In the meantime, the country may have to hire experts from foreign countries to enhance expertise and transfer technology to Thais, he added.

38.   In principle, this involved the development of projects between firms and universities at the transnational level, enabling them to better cooperate and transfer technology amongst themselves.

39.   It is a mechanism set up so clean energy technologies can be transferred to the developing world, with benefits for both parties and the global environment.

40.   It would also violate a U.S. law that instructs the president to impose sanctions against a country that transfers nuclear weapons technology to a non-nuclear state.