The Obama administration has failed to reach agreement with 40 nations on modifying a non-binding export control agreement that it says could hurt cybersecurity. Delegates to a Wassenaar Arrangement meeting earlier this month in Vienna could not reach a unanimous decision on the U.S. proposal to ease the export restrictions. The agreement, an international arms control pact, placed restrictions on the exports of certain intrusion software tools, sometimes called “spyware,” that potentially could be exploited by repressive regimes – but could be used to help secure computer systems.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/us-backed-effort-to-ease-software-export-limits-fails-a-9598