Banned Commercial Arms Trade in United States

Banned Commercial Arms Trade 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): AUGUST 26, 1955

The Office of Munitions Control (now the Office of Defense Trade Controls) in the U.S. Department of State was responsible for drafting and implementing International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which govern the export of defense articles and services. Effective August 26, 1955, the ITAR stated that it was United States policy to ban exports of defense articles and services to, and imports from, certain countries and areas. The People’s Republic of China was one of the countries originally listed, but is no longer [10].

Sanctions by Authority:

Sec. 414 of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, (68 Stat. 848), 20 F.R. 6250

Occasion(s) Detailed

See March 1980 for modification ; see also June 16, 1981, for lifting of sanction

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

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Notes and References

1. 10 56 F.R. 55630-55631.