COCOM

COCOM in Global Commerce Policy

In this regard, cocom is: Co-ordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls. The entries on trade policy are here. It was formed in response to a 1951 United Nations General Assembly recommendation for an embargo on the shipment of arms, ammunition and implements of war, atomic energy materials, petroleum and items useful in the production of implements of war  to communist countries. The entries on trade policy are here. In 1958, the list of prohibited articles was reduced to strictly strategic goods, and there were several changes afterwards in the list of prohibited articles. COCOM ™s membership consisted of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) countries, except Iceland, plus Japan. The Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, effective from 1 November 1996, has superseded the COCOM arrangement.[1]

COCOMin the wold Encyclopedia

For an introductory overview on international trade policy, see this entry.

Resources

Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Trade Policy, “COCOM” entry (OAS)

See Also