Abstract:

The Strategic Trade Act of 2010 (STA) implementation in Malaysia is to fulfil Malaysia’s obligations under UN Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 1540 (UNSCR 1540). The Act came into force in 2011, the STA has been pertinent in addressing several major areas of concern in regional and global trade security and academic researchers’ are indirectly involved in this area of concern. The STA 2010 was established as a mechanism to address the issues of a lack of monitoring and control of exports, imports, transshipment, and brokering of strategic items’’ (STA 2010). The STA specifically addresses re-exports and dual-use controlled items such as weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The STA involves academic, researchers, students, employees, scientific research and development committee.