
米政権、軍事装備品の輸出規制緩和を計画=情報筋
[ワシントン 1日 ロイター] - トランプ米政権は、軍事装備品の輸出規制を緩和する大統領令を計画しており、早ければ1日か2日にも発表する可能性がある。複数の情報筋が明らかにした。
政府と産業界の情報筋によると、この大統領令はウォルツ大統領補佐官(国家安全保障担当)が昨年、共和党下院議員だった際に提案した法案に類似したものになるとの見方を示した。
同法案が成立していれば、米武器輸出管理法が改正され、他国への武器輸出に関する議会審査の対象となる下限額が引き上げられることになっていた。武器移転は1400万ドルから2300万ドルに、軍事装備やアップグレードおよびその他サービスの販売については5000万ドルから8300万ドルへの引き上げが提案されていた。
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Patricia Zengerle
トムソン・ロイター
Patricia Zengerle has reported from more than 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and China. An award-winning Washington-based national security and foreign policy reporter who also has worked as an editor, Patricia has appeared on NPR, C-Span and other programs, spoken at the National Press Club and attended the Hoover Institution Media Roundtable. She is a recipient of the Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence.
Mike Stone
トムソン・ロイター
Mike Stone is a Reuters reporter covering the U.S. arms trade and defense industry. Most recently Mike has been focused on how the war in Ukraine has changed the future of war and how industry has adapted, or faltered. Mike, a New Yorker, has extensively covered how the U.S. has supplied Ukraine with wepons, the cadence, decisions and milestones that have had battlefield impacts. Before his time in Washington Mike's coverage focused on mergers and acquisitions for oil and gas companies, financial institutions, defense compnaies, consumer product makers, retailers, real estate giants, and telecommunications companies.
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