Suspension on Arms Sales in United States

Modified: Suspension on Arms Sales in the History of U.S. Economic Sanctions Imposed against China

Date of the sanction(s): DECEMBER 22, 1992

The State Department announced it was transferring military articles paid for by China prior to the attacks on demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. According to news reports, the articles involved Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of avionics for F-8 aircraft, equipment for munitions production, four antisubmarine torpedoes, and two radars [42].

Sanctions by Authority:

Sec. 38 of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended [P.L. 90-629; 22 U.S.C. 2778]

Occasion(s) Detailed

See June 5, 1989, for original sanction

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

Resources

Notes and References

1. 42 “Bush Lifts Ban on Arms Sales to the Chinese.” Washington Post, December 23, 1992. p. A22.