In December 2017, India was admitted as a member of Wassenaar Arrangement, an elite arms export control regime, similar to NSG and MTCR. Which one of the following is not a member of the Wassenaar Arrangement ?
USA
Australia
China
Italy
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UPSC CISF-AC-EXE – 2018
China is not a member of the Wassenaar Arrangement as of December 2017 (or currently). India was admitted as a member in December 2017. The USA, Australia, and Italy are all member states of the Wassenaar Arrangement.
– The Wassenaar Arrangement is a multilateral export control regime established in 1996 to prevent the accumulation of destabilizing military capabilities by coordinating national export control policies for conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies.
– India became the 42nd participating state in December 2017.
– China is not a member country of the Wassenaar Arrangement.