The UK's Arms Trade

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European Commission

Brussels

08/04/2019 - 00:00

Description

While Brexit is topping the headlines, we should maybe be more attentive to the UK's multi-billion arms deals with countries with a poor human rights record that are embroiled in armed conflicts

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Speech Details

Language

(en) English

Speech number: 28858

Duration

09:33

Level

Intermediate

Use

Simultaneous

Domains

Foreign and Security Policy

Trade

Human rights

Terminology

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