UN states fail to reach global arms trade treaty
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Member states failed to reach agreement Friday on a new UN treaty to regulate the multibillion dollar global arms trade, and some diplomats and supporters blamed the United States for triggering the unraveling of the monthlong negotiating conference.
Hopes had been raised that agreement could be reached on a revised treaty text that closed some major loopholes by Friday's deadline for action. But the US announced Friday morning that it needed more time to consider the proposed treaty – and Russia and China then also asked for more time. (AP)
