1.   Since coming into office, the Clinton administration has removed export controls on most computers and telecommunications equipment.

2.   The European Parliament wants tougher export controls on certain goods.

3.   The Leahy-Goodlatte Bills proposed easing export controls on encryption software to satisfy industry and civil libertarians.

4.   American companies are also justified in complaining about export controls that the U.S. alone imposes, putting them at a competitive disadvantage.

5.   An important administration argument for loosening export controls was that easing controls was the only way American computer makers could compete against widely available foreign-made technology.

6.   And analysts believe that with China about to enter the World Trade Organization, the export controls will eventually disappear.

7.   Asked about the lack of cooperation from European governments in cases involving trade with Libya, William Reinsch, undersecretary of commerce for export controls, spoke diplomatically.

8.   At the same time, advances in networking -- connecting independent personal computers so they function as a unit, make the export controls irrelevant, the officials said.

9.   At the same time, advances in networking -- connecting independent personal computers so they function as a unit, make the export controls irrelevant, company officials contend.

10.   Barksdale and other software and high-tech industry leaders, on the other hand, support a Senate measure that would ease the export controls without requiring keys.