How, too, can Washington ask other countries to stanch the flow of high-tech exports to would-be proliferators when it continues to perfect its own warheads?

It is misleading to suggest that high-tech exports don't matter in economic terms because they are a small part of the total.

But imposing the tightest possible restrictions on high-tech exports is not necessarily the best way to protect our security.

Best balance on high-tech exports.

Reducing such high-tech Chinese exports has been a major concern of American diplomats for a decade.

Gejdenson focused his subcommittee's work on promoting American exports and streamlining export controls to facilitate high-tech exports.

Israel specializes in high-tech exports of computers, software, medical products and military equipment.

The decision could signal a willingness by the United States to ease restrictions on high-tech exports.

It should take another look at our policy for high-tech exports of military value.