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Pentagon

Trump Admin Pushing Arms Transfers as Economic Security Effort

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, November 9th, 2018

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Trump Admin Pushing Arms Transfers as Economic Security Effort

Peter Navarro, , assistant to the president and director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, speaks Nov. 8 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. (Video still: CSIS)

The White House oversaw over $192 billion in arms transfers last fiscal year – over 13 percent more than in fiscal year 2017– and is pushing to sell even more weapons and military equipment to global allies and partners to counter growing competition overseas.President Trump’s administration is implementing key lines of effort in its new conventional arms transfer (CAT) policy to prioritize strategic competition and ensure that its agencies are properly resourced to sell weapons and other assets to partners…

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