On 23 September, SIPRI’s Dual–Use and Arms Trade Control Programme delivered a workshop in Canberra on ‘Developments in China’s Export Control Framework: Implications for Australia and Multilateral Cooperation’.
The workshop brought together Australian governmental officials, academics, policy experts and industry representatives to conduct an open and in-depth exchange on the implications for Australia of recent developments in China’s export controls on strategic supply chains. Participants discussed how the growing use of export controls as a tool to manage competition with rivals—particularly evident in the mounting confrontation between the United States and China—has affected, and could further affect, the functioning and legitimacy of the multilateral export control regimes.
Discussions also explored feasible strategies to mitigate the impact that Chinese export control measures can have on Australian military industry supply chains and development of defence capabilities. The workshop concluded by examining concrete steps that Australia and like-minded states could take to preserve non-proliferation norms and the legitimacy of the multilateral export control regimes.
About SIPRI’s work on China’s export controls
This workshop is part of a project SIPRI is conducting with support from the Australia Department of Defence, examining China’s export controls and their implications for the multilateral export control regimes that underpin non-proliferation efforts as well as for Australia’s National Defence Strategy.