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Trump Moves To Withdraw U.S. From U.N. Arms Trade Treaty

"We will never surrender America's sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy," the president said. He announced the move at the National Rifle Association's convention.
President Trump holds up an executive order he signed at an NRA event Friday, announcing that the United States will drop out of the Arms Trade Treaty that was signed during the Obama administration.

President Trump effectively "unsigned" an international arms sales agreement Friday, moving to withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty. The agreement sets global standards for regulating transfers of conventional arms, from rifles to tanks and airplanes.

The treaty, , has been in effect since late

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