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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 5 december 2020 / Time Line December 5, 2020
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America sold $175 billion in weapons abroad in FY20. / : Aaron Mehta, Defense News, 5. december 2020.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. sold $175 billion in weapons to foreign partners and allies in fiscal 2020, a
2.8 percent rise from the previous year’s total, according to a Friday announcement from the Defense and
State departments.
The total comes at the end of the Trump administration, which made increasing arms exports a key part of its
economic growth platform.
Export licenses via the Direct Commercial Sales program totaled $124.3 billion in FY20, up from $114.7
billion the previous year. A series of reforms, started under the Obama administration and continued under
the Trump team, has pushed more defense articles into the commercial sales realm.
Deals made through the Foreign Military Sales program, which cover the majority of large defense articles,
totaled $50.78 billion. Of that total, $44.79 billion came in payments from partner nations, $3.3 billion from
Foreign Military Financing, and $2.69 billion for cases funded under Defense Department Title 10 grant
assistance programs, such as train and equip programs.
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