Biden orders U.S. to consider human rights as condition of arms sales -
The White House unveiled a new Conventional Arms Transfer policy that requires the U.S. to deny a sale if “it is more likely than not” the arms will be used for genocide, crimes against humanity, attacks on civilians or other human rights abuses.
Under the old standard, the U.S. had to have evidence the weapons would be used to harm citizens. It also abandons the decades-old rule that the U.S. could not consider a country’s track record against it when considering arms sales. The U.S. supplies about 40% of the world’s arms exports, some of which come from defense contractors.
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