Strengthening Export Control Regimes for Strategic Goods in China

This project aims to facilitate the provision of international expertise to a comprehensive multi-year review by China of its control of trade in strategic goods. This review is intended to focus especially on proliferation-sensitive goods and technologies related to weapons of mass destruction such as North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Project activities include: (1) producing an initial report on China’s existing strategic trade control systems; (2) developing a toolkit on government-industry outreach and internal compliance programs within relevant industries; and (3) delivering a series of capacity-building workshops on government outreach to industry on strategic trade controls and compliance in China and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.

The expected outcome for this project is strengthened legal and policy instruments and greater awareness and compliance on the part of industry in China (and Southeast Asia more generally) related to strategic and dual-use equipment and materials.