Senate Bill Aims to Disrupt Adversary Efforts to Skirt Sanctions, Export Controls
Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and David McCormick, R-Pa., have introduced a bill that would require the executive branch to develop a strategy to counter deepening cooperation among U.S. "adversaries" in such areas as sanctions evasion and the sharing of restricted dual-use technology, the lawmakers announced May 27.
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The Defending International Security by Restricting Unlawful Partnerships and Tactics Act, or Disrupt Act, also would require several agencies, including the Commerce, Defense, State and Treasury departments, to form task forces to respond to "adversary alignment."
The bill provides several examples of concerning collaboration among adversaries, including China's shipments of dual-use goods to Russia, which have enabled Moscow to continue defense production despite wide-ranging sanctions and export controls. Other examples include China's continued purchase of U.S.-sanctioned Iranian oil and Russia's veto of a U.N. Security Council resolution on monitoring sanctions on North Korea.
The legislation was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where Coons is a senior member.