Multilateral export control regime

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A multilateral export control regime is an informal group of like-minded supplier countries that seek to contribute to the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, delivery systems, and advanced conventional weapons through national implementation of guidelines and control lists for exports. [1] For a chart of national membership in different regimes, see the SIPRI Yearbook chapter on "Transfer controls".

There are currently four such regimes:

While not formally an export control regime, the Zangger Committee has developed guidance on nuclear export restrictions required by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

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Participating states of all four regimes

The following 30 countries are members of all of the above four regimes:

The following 13 countries are members of at least three of these regimes:

The following two countries are members of at least two of these regimes:

The following five countries and political entities are members of at least one of these regimes:

References

  1. "NNSA: Overview of the Multilateral Export Control Supplier Arrangements: NSG, MTCR, AG, and Wassenaar" (PDF). CSIS . Retrieved September 8, 2020.