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The Amoriean businessman who has been kept f>nt of a foreign market because 

 his product — quality and performance notwitlistanding — does not meet foreign 

 standards is well aware that standards can he a crucial factor in international 

 trade. Various groups, including the I'anel ou Engineering and Commodity 

 Standards of the Commerce Ttn-hnical Advisory Board (the LtiQue Committee), 

 have suggested that the role of the United States in international .^standardization 

 .should he strengthened. Unlike the other indu.sl rialized countries, tlie United 

 States is not represented ofhcially by government delegates in international 

 standardization organizations. This means that we cannot effectively encourage 

 the international adoption of staiidards which would be more liarnmnious with 

 American technological and industrial ju-actices. Legislation has been proposed 

 to improve this sitmition. An international standardization bill pending in 

 Congress would provide grants to qualified standardization organizations for 

 participation in the international standards process and for information 

 activities.'^ 



rp:giux.\l oug.vxiz.miox.s fou tkcjixouogy 



The hypotliesis appears to be tliat U.S. tecliiioloiiical superiority 

 does exist, that it is a uece.ssary cousequeiu-e of I'^.S. concei-u for na- 

 tional security, and that it has alienated European nations. .V])par- 

 ently, ])()wer is ecjnated with lii^h technolojxy rather tlian with profi- 

 ciency in the producti(ni of jihiss, textiles, shoes, and the like. To re- 

 store the vitality of tlie NATO Alliance by dealino: directly with this 

 source of commercial dissatisfaction was the theme of an analysis by 

 the late Ed<iar S. Furniss, Jr.^-''' He ur^ed tliat NATO be converted 

 irito a truly mutual ])roi2:ram of international technological co()])cra- 

 tion, witli both public and private participation, but cm})hasi/.ini,'- 

 the latter. 



As the substance of technological coojieration under private auviiices increases, 

 allies can seize opiiortunities to support the formation of mm-otlicial groupings, 

 still within the Alliance framework. Inteniational a.ssociatioiis, in turn, could 

 sponsor aftilintes within the niemlx'r states for various asjiects of tecluKtlogical 

 coojieratioii, ^^hich would reduce or even replace responsibilities held by gov- 

 ernmental agencies.'"" 



Inte^mational Transfer of Teclvtiology 



The concept of technolooical assistance to developing: coimtries was 

 ad\anced by President Truman in his first inauotmd address, Jan- 

 uary- 20, 10)0, when he declared : 



Fourth. We must euibnik on a l)old new program for making tlie benefits of our 

 scientific advanii's and industrial progres* available for the improvement and 

 growth of underdeveloped areas.'-' 



It was ])roI)al)ly inc\itable that the response to tiiis ]:)roposal woidd 

 be a primitive and ttnsophisticated proofam. The United States had 



'-• Lmwiciico C. MfQu.Klp. "Transnational Transactions. Tcchnolofry an'l tho Law : An 

 Analysis of Curri-nt Trends. Kcprinti'd from : Denver Law .Tonrn.il. of the I'liiversity of 

 Den\cr Collef.'<- of l>,;\v. .Suinnier. I'.M'iT. In "" Transnational 'J i ans.iclidns. Teelinolo;.'y and tlie 

 Law : an .\nalysls of Cnricnt 'Lrends.' " Extension of remarks of the Hon. .John IJrademas. 

 Conirressioiial Kecord. (I'ebniary 7, 190S). jiajre 10(ii!4. 



iji •■Western Alliance Development and Terlmolofrieal Cooperation." International Studios 

 Quarterly, (Deeenilier, I'.MjT, V'olume 11. Niimher 4) \r,\'^c '.','■','.). The article was originally 

 written for the House Heimliliean Committee on X.VTO and the Atlantie Comniunit.v. 

 Furniss was director of the Mershon Center for Education in Xational Security, Ohio State 

 I'niversitv. 



i-'^EdK:ir S. Furniss, .Tr. •■-\. Xew Task for XATO?" International Studies Quarterly. 

 (Deeenil.ev I'.lfiT. Volume 11. Xu)iil)e)- 4 I. padres :'AT,, :\,A~'2. 



i^r.S. President (Harry S. Truman). Inau;.'ural address. .Tan. 20. 1040. In l'..S. Conpress. 

 Senate. Committee <^n ForeijiU Kel.itious. Development of teclinicil .assistance programs: 

 Background information and documents. Sulicommittee on Technical .\ssistance Programs 

 (•ursuaiit to S. lies. 214, S;;d Coui.'. Xov. Tl. l!».-i4. S.'ld Coufr. 2d sess., Committee I'rint. 

 (Washington, U.S. Government Printing Ollice, 10.j4), pages 0o-o4. 



