The administration of Donald trump plans to simplify the rules for small arms exports for American manufacturers. This means that foreign buyers can purchase including assault rifles and ammunition from the US.
About it reports Reuters, citing a source from the White house. Developing new rules for arms exports have been completed. It is expected that within a few days they will be sent to the White house.
While the State Department is concerned about the threat to global stability and support tough restrictions on arms sales, the Commerce Department working on simplifying exports.
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Probably, the new rules will lead to a reduction in government red tape and regulatory costs, which subsequently will increase the export of small arms, and this will create new jobs in the United States.
About the changes they can make without the approval of Congress, might announce this fall. Then will go to the public comments, and the implementation of the plan will begin in the first half of 2018.
The White house stressed that the proposed changes do not cancel the regulation of firearms.
Critics, including some legislators and supporters of arms control, expressed concern that any easing of export rules could make more powerful weapons available for criminal gangs and militant groups with whom trump has vowed to fight.
