State Department Aiming to Boost Advocacy on Defense Trade, Says Gottemoeller
The State Department is ramping up efforts to improve outreach to U.S. companies on lawful defense exports, said State Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller in a Nov. 3 speech at the Bureau of Industry and…
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Security’s Update conference. Agencies have “not always synchronized our actions” to support lawful defense sales, she said. In July, State launched a new Defense Trade Working Group, an international tradeshow working group and a “senior-level, quarterly industry outreach,” Gottemoeller said. “As our partners, you should be able to ask about our objectives and get a reasonable steer on the types of sales the USG would support, without going agency to agency to get an answer,” she said. “I realize that government forming internal working groups may not seem like an innovative idea, but I assure you that increased communication and coordination within government will better serve our national interests and the interests of U.S. industry.”