Arms Transfers in United States

Prohibited Governmentto-government Arms Sales and Transfers in the History of U.S. Economic Sanctions Imposed against China

Note: the status of this economic sanction is: Lifted

Date of the sanction(s): OCTOBER 22, 1968

Section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act, signed into law on October 22, 1968, required that, for a country to become eligible for receiving United States defense articles or services, the President must certify that to provide such articles or services will strengthen United States security, promote world peace, the recipient country will be transparent about the end-use, the recipient country will guarantee that certain security conditions will be maintained, and that the country is otherwise eligible.

Sanctions by Authority:

Sec. 3 of the Arms Export Control Act [P.L. 90-629; 22 U.S.C. 2753]

Occasion(s) Detailed

See June 12, 1984, for lifting of sanction

Note: Based on the China: U.S. Economic Sanctions Report.

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