China, the world’s fifth-largest weapons supplier, has signed up to a global arms control treaty. Photo: Simon Song
China, the world’s fifth-largest weapons supplier, has signed up to a global arms control treaty. Photo: Simon Song
China /  Military

China set to join Arms Trade Treaty that Donald Trump threatened to abandon

  • Legal process under way, Beijing says after Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells United Nations China is committed to defending multilateralism
  • Any unilateral move to leave weapons control pact will have a ‘negative impact in various areas’, minister says in thinly veiled swipe at United States

Topic |   China's military
Laura Zhou
Laura Zhou

Updated: 6:23pm, 28 Sep, 2019

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China, the world’s fifth-largest weapons supplier, has signed up to a global arms control treaty. Photo: Simon Song
China, the world’s fifth-largest weapons supplier, has signed up to a global arms control treaty. Photo: Simon Song
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