Analysis of the US and EU legal rules on dual-use trade

Dual-use goods, by their nature, represent a persistent challenge for export control agencies. On one hand, they account for a significant income of the producing country; however, on the other hand, their bipolar nature may raise concern regarding world mass destruction end-use(r). Despite their sensitive nature, it must be recognised that this subject is not a very popular one among scholars and that the amount of literature on this subject is modest. Does this absence of trouble come from the legal mechanisms regulating dual-use goods? After a closer look, it seems that on the contrary that matter requires constant up-dates and improvements due to the fast changes that occur in this market.