Itar

[ndt man]

Chating to a friend in usa at christmas
He said mr trump is going to pull out of itar ?

listening to bbc this morning the usa
Has said its pulling out of 60 agreements
Will itar be one ? and will it make a differance here in uk .

 

[chriswjx]

ITAR is a US thing...

The "international" bit in the name refers to "international trade" of US firearms/components, rather than "international" or multinational agreement/regulation

So by "pulling out", would mean that the US is scrapping their own set of regulations. May be possible? Who knows, would increase the availability of certain US products, and also hopefully make US shops/manufacturers more open to shipping abroad, as they wouldnt' need to run the risk of falling foul of ITAR (or filling out 20000 forms in triplicate). But equally, their own internal market is fairly strong, so who knows if they'd have any great appetite to expand.

 

[MarinePMI]

I doubt ITAR will be removed. It's used to protect U.S. intellectual property from being copied and/or disseminated to adversaries. Body armor, NV, Thermal, etc.

You can buy that stuff inside the US, but it can never go outside the US without State Dept approval.

 

[scotch_egg]

ITAR doesn’t cover a lot of firearms parts anymore. It was changed to a different department a few years ago. I can’t recall the specific department as I haven’t dealt with them for a couple of years.

As per @MarinePMI post ITAR covers specific products that are military or government linked.

Brass, triggers, rifles and even actions are much easier to have exported. It’s just not financially viable to do in low numbers.