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Export controls

Meaning in international relations & diplomacy, with examples

nounCommon term

In international relations & diplomacy, export controls means: Government rules that limit, or require licences for, the export of sensitive goods, software and technology, especially items that could have military uses.

In Turkish: ihracat kontrolleri, ihracat denetimleri

How it is used

Especially important for 'dual-use' items, which have both civilian and military uses, such as certain chemicals or chips. Exporters apply for an 'export licence'. Several international regimes coordinate national export control lists.

Example sentences

  1. New export controls require a licence for some advanced chips.

  2. The company must check whether the equipment falls under export controls.

  3. Export controls on dual-use goods are coordinated among the member states.

Common collocations

  • export controls on
  • tighten export controls
  • export licence
  • dual-use goods
  • export control regime
  • sanctionsPenalties, such as trade restrictions or frozen assets, that one or more countries or international organisations impose on a state, group or person to change their behaviour.
  • embargoAn official ban on trade, or on a particular kind of trade such as arms or oil, with a specific country, imposed by a state or international organisation.
  • non-proliferationEfforts to stop the spread of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, and the technology to make them, to states or groups that do not already have them.
  • secondary sanctionsSanctions that punish companies or banks in third countries for doing business with a state or person that is already under sanctions.

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