The administration on Sept. 20 submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee an agreement to loosen trade restrictions on military equipment between the U.S. and the U.K. The agreement would create an exemption International Traffic in Arms Regulations for military hardware and software being used to facilitate cooperation between the U.S. and U.K. companies. That essentially means it will allow the export of military equipment without a license under certain circumstances. The question is how it will be implemented. That…
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