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export controls  

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  • Export controls are the efforts made by some countries to prevent or regulate transfers of products, production equipment, technologies, or knowledge to certain other countries. Usually this concerns military goods and goods that could be used for civilian and military purposes (dual-use goods). [Source: Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society; Export Controls]

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