> But I understand that the UK, France, and EU as a whole do regulate arms exports to some degree (at the very least, with sanctions). Each country has its own

> But I understand that the UK, France, and EU as a whole do regulate arms exports to some degree (at the very least, with sanctions). Each country has its own rules, but AFAIK they're all on a case per case basis. Which adds complexity in multi-national programmes, like the Eurofighter, which the UK wants to sell to whatever regime regardless of war crimes, but Germany opposes certain sales.