The number of licence refusals for exports to China has more than doubled in 2022 because of the UK’s tightened control over goods and tech with military applications, a minister has said on Wednesday. Rosemary Pratt, director of the UK’s Export Control Joint Unit, told a defence exports conference in London that the increase was “largely” because of an update to the military end-use (MEU) export control rules, which she said had a “a big impact” on exports to China. The policy update, which took effect in May 2022, expanded the use of MEU controls and added China, Hong Kong, and Macau to the list of destinations subject to an arms embargo....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/refusal-of-china-destined-export-licensing-more-than-doubles-under-tighter-rules-5500826