Overview of US Export Control Regulations

The U.S. Government controls exports of sensitive equipment, software and technology as a means to promote our national security interests and foreign policy objectives. Through our export control system, the U.S. government can effectively:

• Provide for national security by limiting access to the most sensitive U.S. technology and weapons
• Promote regional stability
• Take into account human rights considerations
• Prevent proliferation of weapons and technologies, including of weapons of mass destruction, to problem end-users and supporters of international terrorism
• Comply with international commitments, i.e. nonproliferation regimes and UN Security Council sanctions and UNSC resolution 1540

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