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Congress Mulls Saudi Sanctions, But Low Risk of Imminent Impact to Industry

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, October 12th, 2018

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Congress Mulls Saudi Sanctions, But Low Risk of Imminent Impact to Industry

USS Freedom (LCS-1). Photo: U.S. Navy.

Lawmakers are newly considering imposing sanctions on Saudi Arabia amid calls for President Trump to investigate the disappearance of a Saudi-born journalist. But any possible impact on U.S. weapons makers doing business with Riyadh is unlikely to be felt in the short term.Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident and opinion writer for the Washington Post, was last seen entering a Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey on Oct. 2, prompting many to believe that the Saudi government is responsible for his disappearance,…

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