The Obama administration’s pledge to restrain the global arms trade doesn’t square with its aggressive promotion of U.S. arms exports.
Obama’s Arms Sales Policy: Promotion or Restraint?
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The Obama administration’s pledge to restrain the global arms trade doesn’t square with its aggressive promotion of U.S. arms exports.
Critics of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) have lampooned the agreement’s relatively meager reporting requirements and evident lack of an enforcement mechanism. But for all its weaknesses, the treaty deserves to be celebrated. One person dies every minute as a result of armed violence, and the ATT makes significant progress towards combating this problem.