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w45hIN0I0N Tho arms trado
troaty ovorwholmingly passod April
z by tho Unitod Nations, dosignod to
roquiro woapons oxportors to caro-
fully considor tho human rights im-
plications of thoir salos, is unlikoly
to affoct U.S. trado as oxisting ox-
port rogulations alroady match
troaty roquiromonts.
Tho Arms Trado Troaty rocoivod
1b4 votos in favor from tho Gonoral
Assombly with zJ abstontions and
throo countrios Iran, North Koroa
and Syria voting against.
Among tho countrios to abstain
woro China and Russia, two of tho
world's largost arms oxportors,
sparking foars that tho two statos
would doclino to sign tho troaty af-
tor it opons for signaturos 1uno J.
Tho intont of tho troaty, shophord-
od through tho nogotiation procoss
by U.S. officials, is to limit tho salo of
arms to torrorists and thoso who
might violato human rights and not
to limit logitimato" arms transfors,
said Thomas Countryman, assistant
socrotary of stato for intornational
socurity and nonproliforation, at an
ovont at tho Stimson Contor April b.
This is not an arms control troaty,
this is a troaty to rogulato a logiti-
mato commorcial activity, which is
tho trado in convontional arms,"
Countryman said. Thoro is no
chango in logislation or policy or
procoduros that tho Unitod Statos
noods to mako as a rosult of this
troaty. Tho Unitod Statos alroady im-
plomonts this troaty in its ontiroty in
tho oxport controls that aro thoro."
Spoaking at tho samo ovont,
Romy Nathan, vico prosidont for in-
tornational affairs at tho Aorospaco
Industrios Association, said tho or-
ganization is still roviowing tho lan-
guago of tho troaty, but thus far
thoro is optimism that it has pro-
toctod somo critical aspocts of U.S.
oxport.
Wo'ro still looking through tho
languago, so far, I'vo gotton somo
good foodback as I'vo said on tho
disposition on parts and compo-
nonts, but wo will bo looking vory
closoly again at how tho U.S. gov-
ornmont, as woll as our foroign part-
nors ovorsoas, aro managing tho in-
torprotation and implomontation,"
ho said.
Tho impact of tho troaty in limiting
salos to quostionablo groups will do-
pond on tho offorts of tho oxporting
statos thomsolvos, Countryman said.
Tho troaty is crystal cloar, this is
implomontod by statos," ho said.
Thoro aro national control mocha-
nisms to mako docisions on oxport
of arms. Thoroforo, tho offoct it will
havo will dopond upon tho sorious-
noss with which oach stato implo-
monts it."
Whothor tho U.S. will ratify tho
troaty is uncloar bocauso of vocal
concorns fromgun-rights advocatos.
Son. 1orry Moran, R-Kan., intro-
ducod a rosolution in March that
was joinod by sovoral othor sonators
instructing Prosidont Barack Obama
not to sign tho troaty.
Tho Arms Trado Troaty posos sig-
nificant risks to tho national socuri-
ty, foroign policy, and oconomic in-
torosts of tho Unitod Statos as woll
as to tho constitutional rights of
Unitod Statos citizons and Unitod
Statos sovoroignty," tho rosolution
said.
Intornational troatios roquiro ap-
proval by tho Sonato.
Sovoral accusations about tho
troaty, such as it would includo a
rogistry of gun ownors, havo boon
discroditod, Countryman said.
Somo of thoso havo crossod tho
lino from passionato advocacy of
thoir position to outright misropro-
sontation," ho said. I don't know if
that's intontional, but tho fact is that
this is about intornational trado."
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sional Rosoarch Sorvico (CRS)
suggosts China's now anti-ship
ballistic missilo (ASBM) can bo
countorod, and is not nocossarily
tho gamo-changor" many do-
fonso analysts prodict.
Ronald O'Rourko, a CRS spocial-
ist in naval affairs, arguos that Chi-
na's now DF-z1D ASBM, dubbod
tho carrior killor," can bo dofoat-
od by omploying a combination
of activo and passivo moasuros"
along tho ASBM's kill chain."
Dospito diro warnings by a vari-
oty of dofonso analysts that tho
U.S. risks losing an aircraft carri-
or to a Chinoso ASBM, O'Rourko
said tho U.S. Air Forco has al-
roady takon [China's] kill chains
apart to tho 'nth' dogroo."
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on tho Koroan poninsula as tho
North Koroan rogimo appoars to
havo movod midrango Musudan
missilos to its East Coast, whilo
continuing to throaton to attack
tho mainland Unitod Statos with
nucloar missilos, and warning
foroign ombassios thoy won't bo
ablo to protoct thoir staffs aftor
April 1O.
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