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Delay in treaty approval frustrates U.K. officials, U.S. defense industry
Delay in treaty approval frustrates U.K. officials, U.S. defense industry
by Roxana Tiron
The Hill
Publication Date: July 8, 2009
Pressure is building on the Senate to ratify a treaty designed to bolster American and British military cooperation by removing red tape that critics say delays the transfer of defense technologies and products between the two countries.
The Senate’s inaction has frustrated leaders in the United Kingdom and spurred a strong lobbying push from the American defense and aerospace industry, which stands to benefit from the treaty.
The defense trade cooperation treaty, signed in June 2007 by then-Prime Minister Tony Blair and -President George Bush, was trumpeted as deal that would make joint U.S.-U.K. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan run more smoothly. The U.K. ratified the treaty in early 2008, but Congress has yet to act.
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