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by runamok 3320 days ago
My wife works in import/export compliance. There are many regulations associated with many types of technology requiring you to get licenses, "know your customer", etc. I would guess the latest and greatest of this tech for would be governed by EAR if not ITAR regulations.

ref: http://ooc.usc.edu/overview-ear-and-itar
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jaclaz 3320 days ago
Yep, but that applies (maybe) to the US.

What about any other country, for the sake of the example, Wherevereristan?

Do they have the same rules?

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coredog64 3320 days ago
If you fly into the US, it is more than likely that not only will you have to clear airport security provided by the host country, you will also have to go through security provided by the US. It will be US equipment and US citizens operating it.

So in that sense, if Whereveristan wants to sell the airport X-ray equipment they can get, it isn't going to be useful in determining what can pass US screening.

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skissane 3320 days ago
> If you fly into the US, it is more than likely that not only will you have to clear airport security provided by the host country, you will also have to go through security provided by the US. It will be US equipment and US citizens operating it.

How common is such an arrangement? I've only ever flown to the US from Australia, and while there was a pre-boarding security check at the gate, after the main security screening at the entrance to the airside of the terminal, the staff carrying it out appear to be Australian private security guards, not US citizens. (I haven't done it for about two years now, so someone who has done it more recently would have to tell me if anything has changed.)

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cstejerean 3320 days ago
That's highly unlikely for most places in the world. What is often required is additional screening at or near the gate to enforce US specific rules (for example liquids in carry-ons). But that's usually not US staff and US equipment but rather extra staff enforcing US specific rules (the same way the laptop ban is currently enforced in Dubai for example).
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jaclaz 3320 days ago
Which are not "US Specific", liquids in carry-ons in containers larger than 100 ml are forbidden in Europe as well, this is UK as an example:

https://www.gov.uk/hand-luggage-restrictions

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