Donald Trump to withdraw US from Arms Trade Treaty


US President Donald Trump has said he will withdraw his country from the international Arms Trade Treaty.
The agreement, signed by Barack Obama in 2013, aims to regulate the sale of weapons between countries.
The US National Rifle Association says the treaty amounts to international gun control, and is a threat to America’s second amendment right to bear arms.
Speaking at the lobbying group’s annual meeting, Mr Trump said he would ask the US Senate not to ratify the pact.
The US is the world’s top arms exporter. Its weapons sales are 58% higher than those of Russia, the world’s second largest exporter.


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