China previously being the fifth-largest global arms exporter between 2014 and 2018 has now joined the global arms trade treaty at the United Nations (UN).
The global arms trade treaty intends to regulate international trade in conventional weapons.
While joining the global arms trade treaty, China accused the United States (US) President Donald Trump’s administration of bullying, unilateralism, and undermining efforts to combat global challenges.
Without naming the US, China’s U.N. ambassador, Zhang Jun, stated that “certain country … walked away from international commitments, and launched acts of unilateralism and bullying.”
Zhang Jun further stated, “This has brought huge uncertainties to the global strategic balance and stability, and seriously undermined the joint efforts of all countries to tackle global challenges,” adding that “major powers need to … set an example by contributing to safeguarding the international order, the rule of law, the role of the U.N. and multilateralism.”
China now becomes the 107th party to the global arms trade treaty pact.
Although the former US President, Barack Obama, signed the treaty, it was opposed by the US National Rifle Association and so never ratified by the US Senate.
In July 2019, according to President Donald Trumps plans, the United States told the UN that they did not intend to become a part of the pact and that the US had no legal obligations from its 2013 signature.
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On the other hand, China deposited its instrument of accession to the UN treaty, which regulates a $70 billion global cross-border trade in conventional arms and seeks to keep weapons out of the hands of human rights violators.