The UK government revoked more than 100 arms export licences to Bahrain, Libya and Egypt following unrest in those countries.
Responding to the debate, Business Minister Mark Prisk defended the UK's arms export regime, describing it as "one of the most rigorous in the world".
In return the Americans have lifted an embargo on the Russian state arms export agency and its associates suspected of transferring sensitive technology to Iran.
The govenment had already been operating a ban on arms export guarantees to the 41 nations covered by the internationally-agreed Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC).
The government says it wants to review the files for compliance with arms export control laws known as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR.
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In a Westminster Hall session on 20 October 2011, a member of the parliamentary Committee on Arms Export Controls, Sir John Stanley, opened a debate on his committee's annual report.
By contrast, conditions in Japan's defense industry remain bleak: The industry is shrinking rapidly because of decreased domestic demand, and the situation is unlikely to improve as long as Japan's self-imposed Cold War-era arms export ban remains.
And the prime minister addressed "squeamish" critics of his trade missions aimed at selling UK defence equipment, saying it has "the most rigorous arms export licensing regime in the whole world - and that is how it will stay".
Sometime in the near future, the Administration is expected to submit to Congress, under the provisions of the Arms Export Control Act, a certification announcing its intention to approve General Dynamics' export license application for codevelopment participation in the Japanese FS-X project.
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The countries of the European Union captured 41% of the global arms-export market last year, compared with 43% for the United States.
We would not be able to reconcile this objective with supporting one side or the other, be it via the export of arms or through some other channel.
Defence analyst Joachim Roder says there is only a change if arms exports conflict with general export policy.
Britain said it would not give export credits for arms sales to 63 of the world's poorest countries.
Menem has admitted signing export papers for the arms but said he had no idea the arms would end up in Ecuador and Croatia.
Compared to the United States, other nations have fewer export controls on commercial space and space-related items, including other advanced space-capable nations who are also our partners in the Wassenaar Arrangement for Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies.
But if passed, they believe it will put pressure on countries involved in the export or transfer of arms to scrutinise more rigorously both the potential use of weapons and what the consequences of their use might be, such as breaches of human rights.
The controls governing America's export of satellites are part of the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) and they are handled in the Department of State.
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