President Trump has indicated the outcome of the investigation of the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi will not change America’s willingness to export arms to Saudi Arabia. While $110 billion of orders for weapons and military aircraft have been agreed only $20 billion have been approve by the State Department since the start of the Trump administration. That’s 23% less than approved in the last two years of the Obama administration. Orders can take several years to deliver – reducing the risks to arms exports, a central part of the Trump adminsitration’s trade and defense pol...
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